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 2.19.4

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शान्तिः श्रेयः परं विद्धि तत्प्राप्तौ यत्नवान्भव ।
भोक्तव्यमोदनं प्राप्तं किं तत्सिद्धौ विकल्पितैः ॥ ४ ॥

śāntiḥ śreyaḥ paraṃ viddhi tatprāptau yatnavānbhava |
bhoktavyamodanaṃ prāptaṃ kiṃ tatsiddhau vikalpitaiḥ || 4 ||

Know your peace to be the chief good, and be diligent to secure the same. When you have got the food for your eating, it is useless to talk about how you came by it.
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 (2.19.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shanti, Shreyah, Shreyas, Shreya, Param, Para, Tat, Tad, Prapta, Prapti, Yatnavat, Bhava, Bhoktavya, Odana, Kim, Siddha, Siddhi, Vikalpita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.19.4). 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: “śāntiḥ śreyaḥ paraṃ viddhi tatprāptau yatnavānbhava ”
śāntiḥ -
śānti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

śānti (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śreyaḥ -
śreyaḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

śreyas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

śreyas (noun, neuter)

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

√śrā -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śrā class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 4 verb]

√śrai -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śrai class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 4 verb]

√śri -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śri class 1 verb]

√śrī -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śrī class 9 verb]
param -
param (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

para (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

para (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
viddhi -
viddhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√vid (verb class 2)

[imperative active second single]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
prāptau -
prāpta (noun, masculine)

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

prāpti (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
yatnavān -
yatnavat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhava -
bhava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Line 2: “bhoktavyamodanaṃ prāptaṃ kiṃ tatsiddhau vikalpitaiḥ ”
bhoktavyam -
bhoktavya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bhoktavya (noun, neuter)

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

bhoktavyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
odanam -
odana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

odana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
prāptam -
prāpta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prāpta (noun, neuter)

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

prāptā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
siddhau -
siddha (noun, masculine)

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

siddhi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

√sidh -> siddha (participle, masculine)

[nominative dual from √sidh class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √sidh class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √sidh class 4 verb]

√sidh -> siddha (participle, masculine)

[nominative dual from √sidh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √sidh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √sidh class 1 verb]
vikalpitaiḥ -
vikalpita (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

vikalpita (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]