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 3.21.18

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पूर्वं न संभवत्येव स्मरणीयमिति स्वयम् ।
पद्मजादित्वमायाति चैतन्यस्य तथास्थितेः ॥ १८ ॥

pūrvaṃ na saṃbhavatyeva smaraṇīyamiti svayam |
padmajāditvamāyāti caitanyasya tathāsthiteḥ || 18 ||

The first born, who had nothing to remember of a prior birth, was born in the lotus with his own intelligence—chaitanya;
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 (3.21.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Purvam, Purva, Sambhava, Tyad, Sya, Smaraniya, Iti, Svayam, Padmaja, Ayat, Caitanya, Tatha, Asthiti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.21.18). 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: “pūrvaṃ na saṃbhavatyeva smaraṇīyamiti svayam ”
pūrvam -
pūrvam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pūrva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pūrva (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sambhava -
sambhava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sambhava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tye -
tyad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

syā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
va -
va (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

va (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
svayam -
svayam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “padmajāditvamāyāti caitanyasya tathāsthiteḥ ”
padmajād -
padmaja (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
itvam -
itvan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

itvan (noun, neuter)

[adverb]
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]
caitanyasya -
caitanya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

caitanya (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
asthiteḥ -
asthiti (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]