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 3.56.38

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धर्मदातुः प्रवृत्ता चेद्वासना तत्तया क्रमात् ।
आपूर्यते प्रेतमतिर्न चेत्प्रेतधियाशुभा ॥ ३८ ॥

dharmadātuḥ pravṛttā cedvāsanā tattayā kramāt |
āpūryate pretamatirna cetpretadhiyāśubhā || 38 ||

The pious gifts made on behalf of the departed souls, accrue to them as their own acts; and the sense which they thus acquire of their worthiness, fills them with better hopes and desires of their future state.
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 (3.56.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dharmada, Pravritta, Ced, Vasana, Tat, Tad, Kramat, Krama, Apurya, Preta, Mati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.56.38). 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: “dharmadātuḥ pravṛttā cedvāsanā tattayā kramāt ”
dharmadāt -
dharmada (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

dharmada (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
uḥ -
u (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
pravṛttā -
pravṛttā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ced -
ced (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ced (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vāsanā -
vāsanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tayā -
tā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
kramāt -
kramāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

krama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
Line 2: “āpūryate pretamatirna cetpretadhiyāśubhā ”
āpūrya -
āpūrya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ate -
preta -
preta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

preta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√pre (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
matir -
mati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

mati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Cannot analyse cetpretadhiyāśubhā