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 3.61.1

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श्रीराम उवाच ।
अहं जगदिति भ्रान्तिः परस्मात्कारणं विना ।
यथोदेति तथा ब्रह्मन्भूयः कथय साधु मे ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca |
ahaṃ jagaditi bhrāntiḥ parasmātkāraṇaṃ vinā |
yathodeti tathā brahmanbhūyaḥ kathaya sādhu me || 1 ||

Rama said:—Please sir, explain to me whence arises this error of our knowledge of the objective world, without a cause of this error.
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 (3.61.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shrirama, Aha, Asmad, Jagat, Iti, Bhranti, Para, Karana, Vina, Yatha, Uda, Sadhu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.61.1). 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: “śrīrāma uvāca ”
śrīrāma* -
śrīrāma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “ahaṃ jagaditi bhrāntiḥ parasmātkāraṇaṃ vinā ”
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
jagad -
jagat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

jagat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
bhrāntiḥ -
bhrānti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
parasmāt -
para (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]

para (noun, neuter)

[ablative single]
kāraṇam -
kāraṇa (noun, neuter)

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

kāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vinā -
vinā (indeclinable postposition)

[indeclinable postposition]

vi (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vi (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vī (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vinā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 3: “yathodeti tathā brahmanbhūyaḥ kathaya sādhu me ”
yatho -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ude -
uda (noun, neuter)

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

udan (noun, neuter)

[compound]

√ud (verb class 6)

[present middle first single], [imperative active second single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
tathā* -
Cannot analyse brahmanbhūyaḥ*ka
kathaya -
√kath (verb class 10)

[imperative active second single]
sādhu -
sādhu (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sādhu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

sādhu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

sādhu (noun, neuter)

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