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 2.14.41

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विवेकान्धो हि जात्यन्धः शोच्यः सर्वस्य दुर्मतिः ।
दिव्यचक्षुर्विवेकात्मा जयत्यखिलवस्तुषु ॥ ४१ ॥

vivekāndho hi jātyandhaḥ śocyaḥ sarvasya durmatiḥ |
divyacakṣurvivekātmā jayatyakhilavastuṣu || 41 ||

He who is blind to reason is as one born blind, and a demented man is an object of universal pity; but the man with a reasoning soul is said to be possessed of divine eye-sight, and becomes victorious in all things.
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 (2.14.41). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Viveka, Dha, Jatyandha, Shocya, Sarva, Durmati, Divyacakshus, Mas, Jayat, Jayati, Akhila, Vastu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.14.41). 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: “vivekāndho hi jātyandhaḥ śocyaḥ sarvasya durmatiḥ ”
vivekān -
viveka (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
dho* -
dha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

dhā (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
jātyandhaḥ -
jātyandha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śocyaḥ -
śocya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√śuc -> śocya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śuc class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śuc class 4 verb], [nominative single from √śuc]

√śuc -> śocya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śuc]
sarvasya -
sarva (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
durmatiḥ -
durmati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

durmati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “divyacakṣurvivekātmā jayatyakhilavastuṣu ”
divyacakṣur -
divyacakṣus (noun, masculine)

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

divyacakṣus (noun, neuter)

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

[adverb], [ablative single]
mā* -
ma (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mā (noun, feminine)

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

mās (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jayatya -
jayati (noun, masculine)

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

jayat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

jayat (noun, neuter)

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

√ji -> jayat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √ji class 1 verb]

√ji -> jayat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √ji class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √ji class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √ji class 1 verb], [locative single from √ji class 1 verb]

√ji (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
akhila -
akhila (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

akhila (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vastuṣu -
vastu (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]

vastu (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]