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 2.12.2

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रजस्तमोभ्यां रहिता शुद्धसत्त्वानुपातिनीम् ।
मतिमात्मनि संस्थाप्य ज्ञानं श्रोतुं स्थिरौ भव ॥ २ ॥

rajastamobhyāṃ rahitā śuddhasattvānupātinīm |
matimātmani saṃsthāpya jñānaṃ śrotuṃ sthirau bhava || 2 ||

Be still to attend to knowledge by keeping your mind fixed in yourself, and being freed from pride and passions, incline yourself to pure truth.
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 (2.12.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Raja, Rajas, Tamas, Rahita, Shuddhasattva, Anupatini, Mati, Atman, Samsthapya, Jnana, Shrotu, Sthira, Bhava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.12.2). 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: “rajastamobhyāṃ rahitā śuddhasattvānupātinīm ”
rajas -
rajas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

rajas (noun, neuter)

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

raja (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tamobhyām -
tamas (noun, neuter)

[instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
rahitā -
rahitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√rah -> rahitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √rah class 1 verb], [nominative single from √rah class 10 verb]

√rah (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
śuddhasattvā -
śuddhasattva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śuddhasattva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

śuddhasattvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
anupātinīm -
anupātinī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “matimātmani saṃsthāpya jñānaṃ śrotuṃ sthirau bhava ”
matim -
mati (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

mati (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
ātmani -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
saṃsthāpya -
saṃsthāpya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

saṃsthāpya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

saṃsthāpya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jñānam -
jñāna (noun, neuter)

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

jñānā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
śrotum -
√śru -> śrotum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √śru]

śrotu (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
sthirau -
sthira (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
bhava -
bhava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]