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 3.21.16

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लीलोवाच ।
ब्राह्मणब्राह्मणीरूपे सर्गे कारणसंस्मृतिः ।
कथमभ्युत्थिता सास्य स्मरणीयमिदं विना ॥ १६ ॥

līlovāca |
brāhmaṇabrāhmaṇīrūpe sarge kāraṇasaṃsmṛtiḥ |
kathamabhyutthitā sāsya smaraṇīyamidaṃ vinā || 16 ||

Lila said:—If reminiscence be the cause of one's reproduction, then say, O goddess! what were the causes of the birth of the Brahmanic pair, without the vestiges of their past remembrance.
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.21.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Lila, Brahmana, Brahmani, Rupa, Sarga, Karana, Samsmriti, Katham, Katha, Abhyutthita, Sasya, Smaraniya, Idam, Vina,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.21.16). 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: “līlovāca ”
līlo -
līla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

līla (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

līlā (noun, feminine)

[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: “brāhmaṇabrāhmaṇīrūpe sarge kāraṇasaṃsmṛtiḥ ”
brāhmaṇa -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
brāhmaṇīr -
brāhmaṇī (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]
rūpe -
rūpa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

rūpa (noun, neuter)

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

rūpā (noun, feminine)

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

[locative single]
kāraṇa -
kāraṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
saṃsmṛtiḥ -
saṃsmṛti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 3: “kathamabhyutthitā sāsya smaraṇīyamidaṃ vinā ”
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
abhyutthitā -
abhyutthitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
sāsya -
√sas -> sāsya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sas class 2 verb]

√sas -> sāsya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sas class 2 verb]
smaraṇīyam -
smaraṇīya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

smaraṇīya (noun, neuter)

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

smaraṇīyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√smṛ -> smaraṇīya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]

√smṛ -> smaraṇīya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
vinā -
vinā (indeclinable postposition)

[indeclinable postposition]

vi (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vi (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vī (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vinā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]