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 3.64.27

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संकल्पः कलनाबीजं तदात्मैव हि जीवकः ।
कर्म पश्चात्तनोत्युच्चैरुत्थायाकर्मतः क्रमात् ॥ २७ ॥

saṃkalpaḥ kalanābījaṃ tadātmaiva hi jīvakaḥ |
karma paścāttanotyuccairutthāyākarmataḥ kramāt || 27 ||

Thoughts are the seeds of action, and action is the soul of life. Past acts are productive of future consequence, but inaction is attended with no result.
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 (3.64.27). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sankalpa, Kalana, Abija, Tada, Asmad, Jivaka, Karman, Pashcat, Pashca, Uccaih, Ucca, Utthaya, Uttha, Akarman, Akarma, Tas, Kramat, Krama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.64.27). 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: “saṃkalpaḥ kalanābījaṃ tadātmaiva hi jīvakaḥ ”
saṅkalpaḥ -
saṅkalpa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kalanā -
kalana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kalana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kalanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
abījam -
abīja (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

abīja (noun, neuter)

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

abījā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tadāt -
tada (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
mai -
mā (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

ma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

mā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
jīvakaḥ -
jīvaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “karma paścāttanotyuccairutthāyākarmataḥ kramāt ”
karma -
karman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
paścāt -
paścāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

paśca (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

paśca (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
tanotyu -
√tan (verb class 8)

[present active third single]
uccair -
uccaiḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

uccaiḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

ucca (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

ucca (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
utthāyā -
utthāya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

uttha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

uttha (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
akarma -
akarman (noun, masculine)

[compound]

akarman (noun, neuter)

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

akarma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

akarma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
taḥ -
tas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tas (noun, neuter)

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

ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kramāt -
kramāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

krama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]