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 2.16.34

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सा हि स्वेन प्रयत्नेन यस्मिन्नेव निपात्यते ।
कूले तेनैव वहति यथेच्छसि तथा कुरु ॥ ३४ ॥

sā hi svena prayatnena yasminneva nipātyate |
kūle tenaiva vahati yathecchasi tathā kuru || 34 ||

It bears away and throws the man on that bank which he strives to reach by his own exertion, therefore O Rama, do as you like to reach to either shore.
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 (2.16.34). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sva, Prayatna, Yah, Yat, Eva, Nipatya, Tad, Yushmad, Kula, Kuli, Tena, Vahat, Vahati, Yatheccha, Tatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.16.34). 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: “sā hi svena prayatnena yasminneva nipātyate ”
sā* -
so (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
svena -
sva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

sva (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
prayatnena -
prayatna (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
yasminn -
ya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[locative single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[locative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nipātya -
nipātya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

nipātya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nipātya (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: “kūle tenaiva vahati yathecchasi tathā kuru ”
kūle -
kūla (noun, neuter)

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

kūli (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√kūl (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
tenai -
tena (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative 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]

√tan (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]

√tan (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

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

[compound], [adverb]

vahatī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

vahat (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

√vah -> vahat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √vah class 1 verb]

√vah -> vahat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √vah class 1 verb]

√vah (verb class 1)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

yatheccha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
si -
si (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kuru -
kuru (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

kuru (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[imperative active second single]