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 3.5.2

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उत्पत्तिमादाविति मे समासेन वद प्रभो ।
प्रवक्ष्यसि ततः शिष्टं वक्तव्यं वदतां वर ॥ २ ॥

utpattimādāviti me samāsena vada prabho |
pravakṣyasi tataḥ śiṣṭaṃ vaktavyaṃ vadatāṃ vara || 2 ||

Tell me sir, in brief of the first production (of the mind), and then, O best of the eloquent, you may tell the rest, that is to be said on the subject.
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 (3.5.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Utpatti, Adau, Ada, Adi, Iti, Asmad, Samasa, Vada, Prabhu, Prava, Kshi, Asi, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Shishta, Vaktavya, Vadat, Vara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.5.2). 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: “utpattimādāviti me samāsena vada prabho ”
utpattim -
utpatti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ādāvi -
ādau (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

āda (noun, masculine)

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

ādi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ādi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
me -
ma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

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

mā (noun, feminine)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
samāsena -
samāsa (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

vada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vad (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
prabho -
prabhu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

prabhu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
Line 2: “pravakṣyasi tataḥ śiṣṭaṃ vaktavyaṃ vadatāṃ vara ”
prava -
prava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kṣya -
kṣi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
asi -
asi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

asi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

asī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[present active second single]
tataḥ -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
śiṣṭam -
śiṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śiṣṭa (noun, neuter)

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

śiṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√śās -> śiṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √śās class 2 verb]

√śās -> śiṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √śās class 2 verb], [accusative single from √śās class 2 verb]

√śiṣ -> śiṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √śiṣ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √śiṣ class 7 verb]

√śiṣ -> śiṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √śiṣ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √śiṣ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śiṣ class 7 verb], [accusative single from √śiṣ class 7 verb]

√śās (verb class 2)

[imperative active second dual]
vaktavyam -
vaktavya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vaktavya (noun, neuter)

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

vaktavyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√vac -> vaktavya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]

√vac -> vaktavya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative single from √vac class 3 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]
vadatām -
√vad -> vadat (participle, masculine)

[genitive plural from √vad class 1 verb]

√vad -> vadat (participle, neuter)

[genitive plural from √vad class 1 verb]

√vad (verb class 1)

[imperative active third dual], [imperative middle third single]
vara -
vara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vṛ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]