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 2.9.25

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द्विविधो वासनाव्यूहः शुभश्चैवाशुभश्च ते ।
प्राक्तनो विद्यते राम द्वयोरेकतरोऽथ वा ॥ २५ ॥

dvividho vāsanāvyūhaḥ śubhaścaivāśubhaśca te |
prāktano vidyate rāma dvayorekataro'tha vā || 25 ||

These desires are of two kinds, some leading to good and others to evil. Hence the desire of one's prior state must have been of one kind or other.
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 (2.9.25). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dvividha, Vasana, Avyuha, Shubha, Shubh, Ashubha, Tad, Yushmad, Praktana, Rama, Dva, Dvayu, Ekatara, Atha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.9.25). 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: “dvividho vāsanāvyūhaḥ śubhaścaivāśubhaśca te ”
dvividho* -
dvividha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vāsanā -
vāsana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vāsana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vāsanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
avyūhaḥ -
avyūha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śubhaś -
śubha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

śubh (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aivā -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
aśubhaś -
aśubha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√śubh (verb class 6)

[imperfect active second single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “prāktano vidyate rāma dvayorekataro'tha vā ”
prāktano* -
prāktana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vidyate -
√vid (verb class 2)

[present passive third single]

√vid (verb class 6)

[present passive third single]

√vid (verb class 7)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

rāma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√rā (verb class 2)

[imperative active first plural]
dvayor -
dva (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

dva (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

dvā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

dvayu (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

dvayu (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
ekataro' -
ekatara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]