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 3.14.15

< Previous

Next >

श्रीराम उवाच ।
किं स्यात्परिमितो जीवो राशिराहो अनन्तकः ।
आहोस्विदस्त्यनन्तात्मा जीवपिण्डोऽचलोपमः ॥ १५ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca |
kiṃ syātparimito jīvo rāśirāho anantakaḥ |
āhosvidastyanantātmā jīvapiṇḍo'calopamaḥ || 15 ||

Rama said:—Tell me, whether the living soul, is a limited thing or an unlimited mass of life; or does the unbounded spirit of God, exist in the shape of a mountainous heap of living souls:
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 (3.14.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shrirama, Kim, Syat, Sya, Parimit, Parimita, Jiva, Rashi, Aho, Anantaka, Ahosvit, Asti, Astya, Anantatman, Jivan, Pinda, Acala, Upama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.14.15). 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: “śrīrāma uvāca ”
śrīrāma* -
śrīrāma (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: “kiṃ syātparimito jīvo rāśirāho anantakaḥ ”
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
parimito* -
parimit (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

parimita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jīvo* -
jīva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
rāśir -
rāśi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
āho -
āho (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
anantakaḥ -
anantaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 3: “āhosvidastyanantātmā jīvapiṇḍo'calopamaḥ ”
āhosvid -
āhosvit (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
astya -
asti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

astya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

astī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

astī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

astī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
anantātmā -
anantātman (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jīva -
jīva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

jīva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

jīvan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

jīvan (noun, neuter)

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

√jīv (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
piṇḍo' -
piṇḍa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
acalo -
acala (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

acala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

acalā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
upamaḥ -
upama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]