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 2.4.19

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शास्त्रनियन्त्रितपौरुषपरमा पुरुषस्य पुरुषता या स्यात् ।
अभिमतफलभरसिद्ध्यै भवति हि सैवान्यथा त्वनर्थाय ॥ १९ ॥

śāstraniyantritapauruṣaparamā puruṣasya puruṣatā yā syāt |
abhimataphalabharasiddhyai bhavati hi saivānyathā tvanarthāya || 19 ||

The exertions of a man proceeding from his good efforts and countenanced by the law, lead to his success, or else they either go for nothing or turn to his disadvantage.
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 (2.4.19). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shastra, Niyantrita, Paurusha, Parama, Purusha, Purushata, Syat, Sya, Abhimata, Phala, Bhara, Siddhi, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Eva, Atha, Tva, Anartha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.4.19). 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: “śāstraniyantritapauruṣaparamā puruṣasya puruṣatā yā syāt ”
śāstra -
śāstra (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

niyantrita (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

pauruṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
paramā -
paramā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
puruṣasya -
puruṣa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

puruṣa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
puruṣatā* -
puruṣatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yā -
yā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
syāt -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
Line 2: “abhimataphalabharasiddhyai bhavati hi saivānyathā tvanarthāya ”
abhimata -
abhimata (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

abhimata (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

phala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√phal (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
bhara -
bhara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√bhṛ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
siddhyai -
siddhi (noun, feminine)

[dative single]

siddhī (noun, feminine)

[dative single]
bhavati -
bhavatī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

bhavat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhavat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

bhavant (pronoun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhavant (pronoun, neuter)

[locative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
sai -
sā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
evānya -
eva (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable]
tva -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

tva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
anarthāya -
anartha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

anartha (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.4.19

Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)

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Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)

[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.

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Preview of verse 2.4.19 in Gujarati sript:
શાસ્ત્રનિયન્ત્રિતપૌરુષપરમા પુરુષસ્ય પુરુષતા યા સ્યાત્ ।
અભિમતફલભરસિદ્ધ્યૈ ભવતિ હિ સૈવાન્યથા ત્વનર્થાય ॥ ૧૯ ॥