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 2.5.8

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अनर्थः प्राप्यते यत्र शास्त्रितादपि पौरुषात् ।
अनर्थकर्तृ बलवत्तत्र ज्ञेयं स्वपौरुषम् ॥ ८ ॥

anarthaḥ prāpyate yatra śāstritādapi pauruṣāt |
anarthakartṛ balavattatra jñeyaṃ svapauruṣam || 8 ||

When one incurs a failure or danger even by his lawful exertions, he should know it to be the result of his misapplied exertions.
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 (2.5.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Anartha, Prapin, Prapya, Yatra, Shastrita, Api, Paurusha, Kartri, Balavat, Tatra, Jneya, Svap, Svapa, Aurusha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.5.8). 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: “anarthaḥ prāpyate yatra śāstritādapi pauruṣāt ”
anarthaḥ -
anartha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prāpya -
prāpin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]

prāpin (noun, neuter)

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

prāpya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prāpya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

prāpi (Preverb)

[Preverb]
ate -
yatra -
yatra (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yatra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yatra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śāstritād -
śāstrita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

śāstrita (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
pauruṣāt -
pauruṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

pauruṣa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
Line 2: “anarthakartṛ balavattatra jñeyaṃ svapauruṣam ”
anartha -
anartha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

anartha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√arth (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
kartṛ -
kartṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

kartṛ (noun, neuter)

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

[compound]

balavat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
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]
svapau -
svap (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]

svap (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

svapā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
auruṣam -
auruṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

auruṣa (noun, neuter)

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