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 2.5.4

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उच्छास्त्रं शास्त्रितं चेति द्विविधं पौरुषं स्मृतम् ।
तत्रोच्छास्त्रमनर्थाय परमार्थाय शास्त्रितम् ॥ ४ ॥

ucchāstraṃ śāstritaṃ ceti dvividhaṃ pauruṣaṃ smṛtam |
tatrocchāstramanarthāya paramārthāya śāstritam || 4 ||

Human exertions are either lawful or unlawful; the former leading to success, and the latter to dangerous consequences.
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 (2.5.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Uccha, Tra, Shastrita, Ceti, Dvividha, Paurusha, Smrita, Tatra, Anartha, Paramartha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.5.4). 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: “ucchāstraṃ śāstritaṃ ceti dvividhaṃ pauruṣaṃ smṛtam ”
ucchās -
uccha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ucchā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tram -
tra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tra (noun, neuter)

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

trā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
śāstritam -
śāstrita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śāstrita (noun, neuter)

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

śāstritā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ceti -
ceti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ceti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ceti (noun, neuter)

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

cetī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

cetī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

cetī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
dvividham -
dvividha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dvividha (noun, neuter)

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

dvividhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
pauruṣam -
pauruṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pauruṣa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
smṛtam -
smṛta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

smṛta (noun, neuter)

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

smṛtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
Line 2: “tatrocchāstramanarthāya paramārthāya śāstritam ”
tatro -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ucchās -
uccha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ucchā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tram -
tra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tra (noun, neuter)

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

trā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
anarthāya -
anartha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

anartha (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
paramārthāya -
paramārtha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
śāstritam -
śāstrita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śāstrita (noun, neuter)

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

śāstritā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]