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 3.6.20

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देशे यं सुजनप्राया लोकाः साधुं प्रचक्षते ।
स विशिष्टः स साधुः स्यात्तं प्रयत्नेन संश्रयेत् ॥ २० ॥

deśe yaṃ sujanaprāyā lokāḥ sādhuṃ pracakṣate |
sa viśiṣṭaḥ sa sādhuḥ syāttaṃ prayatnena saṃśrayet || 20 ||

He who is called a righteous man by the majority of the good people of the place, is to be resorted to with all diligence as the best and most upright of men.
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 (3.6.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Desha, Yah, Sujana, Pra, Praya, Loka, Sadhu, Vishishta, Syat, Sya, Prayatna,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.6.20). 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: “deśe yaṃ sujanaprāyā lokāḥ sādhuṃ pracakṣate ”
deśe -
deśa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

deśā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
yam -
ya (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[accusative single]
sujana -
sujana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
prāyā* -
prā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

prāya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

√prā (verb class 2)

[optative active second single]
lokāḥ -
loka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
sādhum -
sādhu (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
pra -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]
cakṣate -
√cakṣ (verb class 2)

[present middle third plural]
Line 2: “sa viśiṣṭaḥ sa sādhuḥ syāttaṃ prayatnena saṃśrayet ”
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
viśiṣṭaḥ -
viśiṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sādhuḥ -
sādhu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
syāt -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
tam -
ta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

tan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

sa (noun, masculine)

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

[instrumental single]
saṃ -
sa (noun, neuter)

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

sam (Preverb)

[Preverb]
śrayet -
√śri (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]