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 2.9.18

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यदैवं तानि कर्माणि कर्म साधो मनो हि तत् ।
मनो हि षुरुषस्तस्माद्दैव नास्तीति निश्चयः ॥ १८ ॥

yadaivaṃ tāni karmāṇi karma sādho mano hi tat |
mano hi ṣuruṣastasmāddaiva nāstīti niścayaḥ || 18 ||

The mind is the soul and cause of all acts which they call the doings of destiny, certainly there is no other thing as destiny beside the mind.
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 (2.9.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yada, Yad, Evam, Eva, Tad, Tani, Karman, Sadha, Mana, Manas, Tat, Shu, Ushasta, Sma, Sman, Daiva, Nasti, Iti, Nishcaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.9.18). 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: “yadaivaṃ tāni karmāṇi karma sādho mano hi tat ”
yadai -
yadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yadā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
evam -
evam (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

evam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

eva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

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

evā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tāni -
tānī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

tānī (noun, feminine)

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

tānī (noun, neuter)

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

ta (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
karmāṇi -
karman (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
karma -
karman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
sādho* -
sādha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mano* -
manas (noun, neuter)

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

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “mano hi ṣuruṣastasmāddaiva nāstīti niścayaḥ ”
mano* -
manas (noun, neuter)

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

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
ṣur -
ṣu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uṣasta -
uṣasta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
smā -
sma (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

smā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sman (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]
ad -
ad (noun, masculine)

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

ad (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

daiva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nāstī -
nāsti (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
niścayaḥ -
niścaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]