Yoga Vasistha [sanskrit]

223,437 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519

The Sanskrit edition of the Yoga-vasistha including English translation and grammatical analysis. The Yogavasistha is a Hindu spiritual text written by Valmiki (who also authored the Ramayana) dealing with the philosophical topics from the Advaita-vedanta school. Chronologically it precedes the Ramayana.

Verse 2.1.16

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आऽज्ञासिषं पूर्वमेतदहमित्यथ तत्पितुः ।
स शुकः शुभया बुद्ध्या न वाक्यं बह्वमन्यत ॥ १६ ॥

ā'jñāsiṣaṃ pūrvametadahamityatha tatpituḥ |
sa śukaḥ śubhayā buddhyā na vākyaṃ bahvamanyata || 16 ||

Suka thought that he already knew all this by his good understanding, and did not therefore think much of his father's instructions.
English translation by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891) Read online Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (2.1.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Purvam, Purva, Etad, Aha, Asmad, Iti, Itya, Atha, Tat, Tad, Pitri, Pitu, Shuka, Shubha, Buddhi, Vakya, Bahu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.1.16). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

Line 1: “ā'jñāsiṣaṃ pūrvametadahamityatha tatpituḥ ”
ā' -
ajñāsiṣam -
√jñā (verb class 3)

[aorist active first single]

√jñā (verb class 9)

[aorist active first single]
pūrvam -
pūrvam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pūrva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pūrva (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
etad -
etad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

etad (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

etad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
itya -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

itya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

itya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√i -> itya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √i]

√i -> itya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> itya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
pituḥ -
pitṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

pitu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “sa śukaḥ śubhayā buddhyā na vākyaṃ bahvamanyata ”
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śukaḥ -
śuka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śubhayā -
śubhā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
buddhyā* -
buddhi (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vākyam -
vākya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

√vac -> vākya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]

√vac -> vākya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative single from √vac class 3 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]

√vak -> vākya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vak class 1 verb]

√vak -> vākya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vak class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vak class 1 verb]
bahva -
bahu (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

bahu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

bahu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

bahu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
amanyata -
√man (verb class 4)

[imperfect middle third single], [imperfect passive third single]

√man (verb class 8)

[imperfect passive third single]