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 3.7.15

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श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
यदेतच्चेतनं जीवो विशीर्णो जन्मजङ्गले ।
एतमात्मानमिच्छन्ति ये तेऽज्ञाः पण्डिता अपि ॥ १५ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
yadetaccetanaṃ jīvo viśīrṇo janmajaṅgale |
etamātmānamicchanti ye te'jñāḥ paṇḍitā api || 15 ||

Vasishtha replied:—Whatever animal souls being cast in the wilderness of this life, long after this intelligent soul (chetanatman), they are truly wise, and know him.
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 (3.7.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shri, Vasishtha, Yad, Tat, Tad, Cetana, Jiva, Vishirna, Janmaja, Gala, Gali, Eta, Esha, Atman, Icchat, Icchanti, Yah, Yat, Yushmad, Ajna, Pandita, Api,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.7.15). 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: “yadetaccetanaṃ jīvo viśīrṇo janmajaṅgale ”
yade -
yad (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
tac -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
cetanam -
cetana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

cetana (noun, neuter)

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

cetanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
jīvo* -
jīva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
viśīrṇo* -
viśīrṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
janmajaṅ -
janmaja (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

janmaja (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
gale -
gala (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

galā (noun, feminine)

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

gali (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
Line 3: “etamātmānamicchanti ye te'jñāḥ paṇḍitā api ”
etam -
eta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

eta (noun, neuter)

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

etā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
ātmānam -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
icchanti -
√iṣ -> icchat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √iṣ class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √iṣ class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √iṣ class 6 verb]

√iṣ -> icchantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √iṣ class 6 verb]

√iṣ (verb class 6)

[present active third plural]
ye -
ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
te' -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
ajñāḥ -
ajña (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ajñā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√jñā (verb class 3)

[aorist active second single]

√jñā (verb class 9)

[aorist active second single]
paṇḍitā* -
paṇḍita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

paṇḍitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√paṇḍ -> paṇḍita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √paṇḍ class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √paṇḍ class 10 verb]

√paṇḍ -> paṇḍitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √paṇḍ class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √paṇḍ class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √paṇḍ class 10 verb]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]