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 2.2.9

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ज्ञेयं यावन्न विज्ञातं तावत्तावन्न जायते ।
विषयेष्वरतिर्जन्तोर्मरुभूमौ लता यथा ॥ ९ ॥

jñeyaṃ yāvanna vijñātaṃ tāvattāvanna jāyate |
viṣayeṣvaratirjantormarubhūmau latā yathā || 9 ||

As there grows no vegetable in a sterile soil, so there grows no disinclination to worldliness, until one comes to know the knowable reality.
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 (2.2.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jneya, Yavan, Yavat, Vijnata, Tavat, Jayat, Vishaya, Arati, Jantu, Marubhumi, Lata, Yatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.2.9). 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: “jñeyaṃ yāvanna vijñātaṃ tāvattāvanna jāyate ”
jñeyam -
jñeya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

jñeya (noun, neuter)

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

jñeyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√jñā -> jñeya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √jñā class 9 verb]

√jñā -> jñeya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jñā class 9 verb], [accusative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
yāvann -
yāvan (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

yāvat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
a -
a (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vijñātam -
vijñāta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vijñāta (noun, neuter)

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

vijñātā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tāvat -
tāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tāvat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tāvat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

tāvat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
tāvann -
tāvat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
a -
a (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
jāyate -
√jai -> jāyat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √jai class 1 verb]

√jai -> jāyat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √jai class 1 verb]

√jai (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]

√jan (verb class 4)

[present middle third single]
Line 2: “viṣayeṣvaratirjantormarubhūmau latā yathā ”
viṣayeṣva -
viṣaya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
aratir -
arati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

arati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jantor -
jantu (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
marubhūmau -
marubhūmi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
latā* -
latā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]