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 2.3.3

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पिता शुकस्य सर्वज्ञो गुरुर्व्यासो महामतिः ।
विदेहमुक्तो न कथं कथं मुक्तः सुतोऽस्य सः ॥ ३ ॥

pitā śukasya sarvajño gururvyāso mahāmatiḥ |
videhamukto na kathaṃ kathaṃ muktaḥ suto'sya saḥ || 3 ||

And how it was that, the great sage Vyasa—the father and guide of Suka, did not attain to disembodied emancipation (after his death) with all his omniscience, while his son did so.
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 (2.3.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pitri, Shuka, Sarvajna, Guru, Vyasa, Mahamati, Videha, Ukta, Katham, Katha, Mukta, Sut, Suta, Idam, Sah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.3.3). 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: “pitā śukasya sarvajño gururvyāso mahāmatiḥ ”
pitā -
pitṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]
śukasya -
śuka (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

śuka (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
sarvajño* -
sarvajña (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
gurur -
guru (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vyāso* -
vyāsa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mahāmatiḥ -
mahāmati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

mahāmati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “videhamukto na kathaṃ kathaṃ muktaḥ suto'sya saḥ ”
videham -
videha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

videha (noun, neuter)

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

videhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ukto* -
ukta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√vac -> ukta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative single from √vac class 3 verb]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
muktaḥ -
mukta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √muc class 6 verb]

√muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √muc class 1 verb]

√muj -> mukta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √muj class 1 verb]
suto' -
sut (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

sut (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

suta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√su -> suta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √su class 5 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sū class 2 verb]

√su (verb class 2)

[present active third dual]
asya -
√as -> asya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √as]

a (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√as (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
saḥ -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]