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 3.2.1

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श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
इदमाकाशजाख्यानं श्रृणु श्रवणभूषणम् ।
उत्पत्त्याख्यं प्रकरणं येन राघव बुध्यसे ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
idamākāśajākhyānaṃ śrṛṇu śravaṇabhūṣaṇam |
utpattyākhyaṃ prakaraṇaṃ yena rāghava budhyase || 1 ||

Vasishtha resumed:—Hear me Rama; now relate to you the narrative of one Akasaja or air-born Brahman, which will be a jewel to your ears, and enable you the better to understand the drift of the book of Genesis.
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.2.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shri, Vasishtha, Idam, Akashaja, Akhyana, Shravanabhushana, Utpatti, Akhya, Prakarana, Yena, Yah, Yat, Raghava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.2.1). 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: “śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ”
śrī -
śrī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

śrī (noun, masculine)

[compound]
vasiṣṭha* -
vasiṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “idamākāśajākhyānaṃ śrṛṇu śravaṇabhūṣaṇam ”
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
ākāśajā -
ākāśaja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ākāśaja (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ākāśajā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ākhyānam -
ākhyāna (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Cannot analyse śrṛṇu*śr
śravaṇabhūṣaṇam -
śravaṇabhūṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 3: “utpattyākhyaṃ prakaraṇaṃ yena rāghava budhyase ”
utpattyā -
utpatti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
ākhyam -
ākhyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

ākhya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ākhya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
prakaraṇam -
prakaraṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
yena -
yena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
rāghava -
rāghava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
budhyase -
√budh (verb class 1)

[present passive second single]

√budh (verb class 4)

[present middle second single], [present passive second single]