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 2.7.23

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पुरुषो जायते लोके वर्धते जीर्यते पुनः ।
न तत्र दृश्यते दैवं जरायौवनबाल्यवत् ॥ २३ ॥

puruṣo jāyate loke vardhate jīryate punaḥ |
na tatra dṛśyate daivaṃ jarāyauvanabālyavat || 23 ||

A man is born on earth to grow up and decay in his time, and no destiny is seen therein in the same way as his childhood, youth and old age.
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 (2.7.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Purusha, Jayat, Loka, Jiryat, Puna, Tatra, Drishyata, Daiva, Jara, Jarayu, Ali, Alin, Avat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.7.23). 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: “puruṣo jāyate loke vardhate jīryate punaḥ ”
puruṣo* -
puruṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jāyate -
√jai -> jāyat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √jai class 1 verb]

√jai -> jāyat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √jai class 1 verb]

√jai (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]

√jan (verb class 4)

[present middle third single]
loke -
loka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√lok (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
vardhate -
√vṛdh (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]
jīryate -
√jṝ -> jīryat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √jṝ class 4 verb]

√jṝ -> jīryat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √jṝ class 4 verb]

√jṝ (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√jṝ (verb class 10)

[present passive third single]

√jṝ (verb class 4)

[present passive third single]

√jṝ (verb class 9)

[present passive third single]
punaḥ -
pu (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

puna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pū (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “na tatra dṛśyate daivaṃ jarāyauvanabālyavat ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
dṛśyate -
dṛśyatā (noun, feminine)

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

√dṛś (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]
daivam -
daiva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

daiva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
jarāyau -
jara (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

jara (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

jarāyu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

jarāyu (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
auvan -
√u (verb class 2)

[imperfect active third plural]
ab -
ap (noun, feminine)

[compound]

ap (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ālya -
āli (noun, feminine)

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

āli (noun, masculine)

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

āli (noun, neuter)

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

ālī (noun, feminine)

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

ālin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
avat -
avat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

avat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

√u -> avat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √u class 1 verb], [vocative single from √u class 1 verb], [accusative single from √u class 1 verb]