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 3.26.56

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हस्तः शिरसि यद्दत्तो लीलया ज्येष्ठशर्मणः ।
तत्प्रभावस्थितारम्भसंबोधायाश्चितेः फलम् ॥ ५६ ॥

hastaḥ śirasi yaddatto līlayā jyeṣṭhaśarmaṇaḥ |
tatprabhāvasthitārambhasaṃbodhāyāściteḥ phalam || 56 ||

The hand that lila laid on the head of jyeshtha sarma said:—her eldest son, was not lain from her maternal affection for him, but for his edification in intellectual knowledge.
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 (3.26.56). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Hasta, Shiras, Yat, Yad, Datta, Lila, Jyeshtha, Sharman, Tat, Tad, Prabhava, Prabhu, Prabha, Asthita, Arambha, Sambodha, Citi, Phala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.26.56). 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: “hastaḥ śirasi yaddatto līlayā jyeṣṭhaśarmaṇaḥ ”
hastaḥ -
hasta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śirasi -
śiras (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
yad -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

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

yat (noun, neuter)

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

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
datto* -
datta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√dā (verb class 3)

[present active third dual]
līlayā -
līlā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
jyeṣṭha -
jyeṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

jyeṣṭha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śarmaṇaḥ -
śarman (noun, masculine)

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

śarman (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “tatprabhāvasthitārambhasaṃbodhāyāściteḥ phalam ”
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

prabhu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

prabhu (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

prabha (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
asthitā -
asthita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

asthita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

asthitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√sthā (verb class 1)

[aorist middle third single]
ārambha -
ārambha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
sambodhāyā -
sambodha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
aś -
a (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
citeḥ -
citi (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

citi (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
phalam -
phala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

phala (noun, neuter)

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

phalā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]