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 3.9.6

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नोदेति नास्तमायाति सुखे दुःखे मुखप्रभा ।
यथाप्राप्तस्थितेर्यस्य जीवन्मुक्तः स उच्यते ॥ ६ ॥

nodeti nāstamāyāti sukhe duḥkhe mukhaprabhā |
yathāprāptasthiteryasya jīvanmuktaḥ sa ucyate || 6 ||

Whose countenance is neither flushed nor dejected in pleasure or pain, (in joy or grief and such other reverses); and who remains contented with what he gets: such a one is called liberated while he is living.
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 (3.9.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Noda, Iti, Nasta, Ayat, Sukha, Duhkha, Mukha, Prabha, Yathaprapta, Sthiti, Yasya, Yah, Yat, Jivanmukta, Sah, Ucyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.9.6). 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: “nodeti nāstamāyāti sukhe duḥkhe mukhaprabhā ”
node -
noda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
nāstam -
√nās -> nāsta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √nās class 1 verb]

√nās -> nāsta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √nās class 1 verb], [accusative single from √nās class 1 verb]
āyāti -
āyāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

āyāti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

āyāt (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

āyāt (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

āyāt (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
sukhe -
sukha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

sukha (noun, neuter)

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

sukhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
duḥkhe -
duḥkha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

duḥkha (noun, neuter)

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

duḥkhā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

mukha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
prabhā -
prabhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “yathāprāptasthiteryasya jīvanmuktaḥ sa ucyate ”
yathāprāpta -
yathāprāpta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yathāprāpta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sthiter -
sthiti (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
yasya -
yasya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yasya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√yas -> yasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √yas]

ya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√yas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
jīvanmuktaḥ -
jīvanmukta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sa* -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ucyate -
√uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]

√uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]

√vac (verb class 2)

[present passive third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[present passive third single]