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 2.2.8

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यशःप्रभृतिना यस्मै हेतुनैव विना पुनः ।
भुवि भोगा न रोचन्ते स जीवन्मुक्त उच्यते ॥ ८ ॥

yaśaḥprabhṛtinā yasmai hetunaiva vinā punaḥ |
bhuvi bhogā na rocante sa jīvanmukta ucyate || 8 ||

The mind that has no zest for earthly pleasures, except the glory of disinterested deeds, is said to be liberated even in the present life.
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 (2.2.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yasha, Yashas, Yah, Yat, Hetu, Vina, Puna, Bhu, Bhoga, Jivanmukta, Ucyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.2.8). 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: “yaśaḥprabhṛtinā yasmai hetunaiva vinā punaḥ ”
yaśaḥ -
yaśas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yaśas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

yaśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prabhṛti -
prabhṛti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
nā* -
na (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yasmai -
ya (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[dative single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[dative single]
hetunai -
hetu (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
vinā -
vinā (indeclinable postposition)

[indeclinable postposition]

vi (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vi (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vī (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vinā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
punaḥ -
pu (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

puna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pū (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “bhuvi bhogā na rocante sa jīvanmukta ucyate ”
bhuvi -
bhū (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhū (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
bhogā* -
bhoga (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bhogā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rocante -
√ruc (verb class 1)

[present middle third plural]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jīvanmukta* -
jīvanmukta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ucyate -
√uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]

√uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]

√vac (verb class 2)

[present passive third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[present passive third single]