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 2.1.21

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जिज्ञासार्थं शुकस्यासावास्तामेवेत्यवज्ञया ।
उक्त्वा बभूव जनकस्तूष्णीं सप्त दिनान्यथ ॥ २१ ॥

jijñāsārthaṃ śukasyāsāvāstāmevetyavajñayā |
uktvā babhūva janakastūṣṇīṃ sapta dinānyatha || 21 ||

Janaka who understood that Suka had come to learn from him, gave no heed to the informant, but held his silence for seven days afterwards.
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 (2.1.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jijnasa, Artha, Shuka, Asava, Tama, Tami, Avajnaya, Avajna, Uktva, Janaka, Tushnim, Tushni, Sapta, Saptan, Dina, Atha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.1.21). 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: “jijñāsārthaṃ śukasyāsāvāstāmevetyavajñayā ”
jijñāsā -
jijñāsā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
artham -
artha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
śukasyā -
śuka (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

śuka (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
āsāvās -
āsāva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
tāme -
tāma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

tāmi (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
vetya -
√vī (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
avajñayā -
avajñayā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

avajñā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “uktvā babhūva janakastūṣṇīṃ sapta dinānyatha ”
uktvā -
uktvā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

√vac -> uktvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √vac]

√vac -> uktvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √vac]
babhūva -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
janakas -
janaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tūṣṇīm -
tūṣṇīm (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tūṣṇīm (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tūṣṇī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
sapta -
sapta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sapta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

saptan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

saptan (noun, neuter)

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

√sap -> sapta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sap class 1 verb]

√sap -> sapta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sap class 1 verb]
dinānya -
dina (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]