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 3.41.24

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कृताञ्जलौ नतमुखे बद्धपद्मासनेऽवनौ ।
राजन्स्मर विवेकेन पूर्वजातिमिति स्वयम् ॥ २४ ॥

kṛtāñjalau natamukhe baddhapadmāsane'vanau |
rājansmara vivekena pūrvajātimiti svayam || 24 ||

They were sitting on the ground with their folded legs (padmasana), and clasped hands (kritanjali), and downcast looks; when the goddess of wisdom told the prince, to remember his former births, by her inspiration.
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 (3.41.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kritanjali, Natamukha, Baddhapadmasana, Avana, Avani, Rajan, Rajat, Smara, Viveka, Purvajati, Iti, Svayam,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.41.24). 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: “kṛtāñjalau natamukhe baddhapadmāsane'vanau ”
kṛtāñjalau -
kṛtāñjali (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

kṛtāñjali (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
natamukhe -
natamukha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

natamukha (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
baddhapadmāsane' -
baddhapadmāsana (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

baddhapadmāsana (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
avanau -
avana (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

avani (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
Line 2: “rājansmara vivekena pūrvajātimiti svayam ”
rājan -
rājan (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√rāj -> rājat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √rāj class 1 verb]
smara -
smara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

smara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√smṛ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
vivekena -
viveka (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
pūrvajātim -
pūrvajāti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

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

[indeclinable]