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 2.4.15

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सारेण पुरुषार्थेन स्वेनैव गरुडध्वजः ।
कश्चिदेव पुमानेव पुरुषोत्तमतां गतः ॥ १५ ॥

sāreṇa puruṣārthena svenaiva garuḍadhvajaḥ |
kaścideva pumāneva puruṣottamatāṃ gataḥ || 15 ||

It was by virtue of his self-exertion that some body has become the best among men, even as he who bears the ensign of the eagle.
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 (2.4.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sara, Purushartha, Sva, Garudadhvaja, Kah, Cidi, Pums, Eva, Purushottama, Gat, Gata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.4.15). 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: “sāreṇa puruṣārthena svenaiva garuḍadhvajaḥ ”
sāreṇa -
sāra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

sāra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
puruṣārthena -
puruṣārtha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
svenai -
sva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

sva (noun, neuter)

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

[imperfect active first dual]
garuḍadhvajaḥ -
garuḍadhvaja (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “kaścideva pumāneva puruṣottamatāṃ gataḥ ”
kaś -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cide -
cidi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

cidi (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

va (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pumān -
puṃs (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
puruṣottama -
puruṣottama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
tām -
tā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
gataḥ -
gat (noun, masculine)

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

gat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

gata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]