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 2.9.2

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श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
पौरुषं सर्वकार्याणां कर्तृ राघव नेतरत् ।
फलभोक्तृ च सर्वत्र न दैवं तत्र कारणम् ॥ २ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
pauruṣaṃ sarvakāryāṇāṃ kartṛ rāghava netarat |
phalabhoktṛ ca sarvatra na daivaṃ tatra kāraṇam || 2 ||

Vasistha replied:—It is a man's activity and no other, O Raghava, that is the cause of all his actions, and the recipient of their consequence, wherein destiny has nothing to do.
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 (2.9.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shri, Vasishtha, Paurusha, Sarvakarya, Kartri, Raghava, Nri, Itara, Phalabhoktri, Sarvatra, Daiva, Tatra, Karana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.9.2). 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: “śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ”
śrī -
śrī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

śrī (noun, masculine)

[compound]
vasiṣṭha* -
vasiṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “pauruṣaṃ sarvakāryāṇāṃ kartṛ rāghava netarat ”
pauruṣam -
pauruṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pauruṣa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
sarvakāryāṇām -
sarvakārya (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

sarvakārya (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
kartṛ -
kartṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

kartṛ (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
ne -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

na (noun, neuter)

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

nā (noun, feminine)

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

ni (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

ni (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
itarat -
itara (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 3: “phalabhoktṛ ca sarvatra na daivaṃ tatra kāraṇam ”
phalabhoktṛ -
phalabhoktṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

phalabhoktṛ (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

phalabhoktṛ (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sarvatra -
sarvatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
daivam -
daiva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

daiva (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kāraṇam -
kāraṇa (noun, neuter)

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

kāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]