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 2.11.17

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अध्यात्मविद्या तेनेयं पूर्व राजसु वर्णिता ।
तदनु प्रसृता लोके राजविद्येत्युदाहृता ॥ १७ ॥

adhyātmavidyā teneyaṃ pūrva rājasu varṇitā |
tadanu prasṛtā loke rājavidyetyudāhṛtā || 17 ||

It was the spiritual knowledge which had been at first propounded to princes; but it came afterwards to be known under the title of royal science.
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 (2.11.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Adhyatmavidya, Tad, Tena, Iyam, Idam, Purva, Rajan, Rajasu, Varnita, Tada, Prasrita, Loka, Rajavidya, Iti, Udahrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.11.17). 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: “adhyātmavidyā teneyaṃ pūrva rājasu varṇitā ”
adhyātmavidyā -
adhyātmavidyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tene -
tena (noun, masculine)

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

ta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

√tan (verb class 8)

[perfect active second plural], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]

√tan (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]

√tan (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
iyam -
iyam (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

ī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

idam (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
pūrva -
pūrva (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

pūrva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pūrva (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
rājasu -
rājasū (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

rājan (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
varṇitā -
varṇitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√varṇ -> varṇitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √varṇ class 10 verb]

√vṛṇ (verb class 6)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
Line 2: “tadanu prasṛtā loke rājavidyetyudāhṛtā ”
tada -
tada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable adverb]

nu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

nau (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
prasṛtā* -
prasṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

prasṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
loke -
loka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√lok (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
rājavidye -
rājavidyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ityu -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
udāhṛtā -
udāhṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]