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 3.41.38

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एवंनामान एते मे पुराभूवन्पितामहाः ।
जातोऽहमभवं बालो दशवर्षस्य मे पिता ॥ ३८ ॥

evaṃnāmāna ete me purābhūvanpitāmahāḥ |
jāto'hamabhavaṃ bālo daśavarṣasya me pitā || 38 ||

It is mere imagination, which has made you to suppose yourself to be named so and so, and that such and such persons were your progenitors, and that you had been a boy of ten years.
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 (3.41.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evamnaman, Eta, Etad, Eti, Esha, Asmad, Pura, Pur, Pitamaha, Jatri, Jata, Jatu, Aha, Abhava, Bala, Dashavarsha, Pitri,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.41.38). 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: “evaṃnāmāna ete me purābhūvanpitāmahāḥ ”
evaṃnāmāna* -
evaṃnāman (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
ete -
eta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

eta (noun, neuter)

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

etā (noun, feminine)

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

etad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

eti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

eṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]
me -
ma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

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

mā (noun, feminine)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
purā -
purā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pura (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pura (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pur (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

purā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√pur (verb class 6)

[imperative active second single]
abhūvan -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[aorist active third plural]
pitāmahāḥ -
pitāmaha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 2: “jāto'hamabhavaṃ bālo daśavarṣasya me pitā ”
jāto' -
jātṛ (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

jāta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√jan -> jāta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 4 verb]

jātu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

jātu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
abhavam -
abhava (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first single]
bālo* -
bāla (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
daśavarṣasya -
daśavarṣa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

daśavarṣa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
me -
ma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

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

mā (noun, feminine)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
pitā -
pitṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]