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 2.20.9

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न यावत्सममभ्यस्तौ ज्ञानसत्पुरुषक्रमौ ।
एकोऽपि नैतयोस्तात पुरुषस्येह सिध्यति ॥ ९ ॥

na yāvatsamamabhyastau jñānasatpuruṣakramau |
eko'pi naitayostāta puruṣasyeha sidhyati || 9 ||

Unless one should bring to practice his wisdom and good conduct in an equal degree, he will never be successful in either of them.
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 (2.20.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yavat, Samam, Sama, Abhyasta, Jnana, Satpurusha, Krama, Kramu, Eka, Api, Nri, Eta, Etad, Esha, Tata, Purusha, Iha, Sidhyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.20.9). 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: “na yāvatsamamabhyastau jñānasatpuruṣakramau ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable]

yāvat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yāvat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yāvat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
samam -
samam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sama (noun, neuter)

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

samā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
abhyastau -
abhyasta (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
jñāna -
jñāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
satpuruṣa -
satpuruṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
kramau -
krama (noun, masculine)

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

kramu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
Line 2: “eko'pi naitayostāta puruṣasyeha sidhyati ”
eko' -
eka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
nai -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
etayos -
eta (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

eta (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

etā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

etad (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

eṣā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]
tāta -
tāta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
puruṣasye -
puruṣa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

puruṣa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
iha -
iha (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sidhyati -
√sidh -> sidhyat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √sidh class 4 verb]

√sidh -> sidhyat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √sidh class 4 verb]

√sidh (verb class 4)

[present active third single]