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 3.67.59

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श्रीराम उवाच ।
असंभवादसंवित्तेर्ब्रह्मात्मैकतयाथवा ।
को मोक्षः को विचारश्चेत्यलं भेदविकल्पनैः ॥ ५९ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca |
asaṃbhavādasaṃvitterbrahmātmaikatayāthavā |
ko mokṣaḥ ko vicāraścetyalaṃ bhedavikalpanaiḥ || 59 ||

Rama said:—If consciousness is self-same with Brahma, and our consciousness of ourselves as Brahma, make us identic with Brahma Himself; then what is the use of devising a duality of the soul (as the divine and human souls), or of talking of the liberation and final absorption of the one in the other? (If what the Sruti says,
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.67.59). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shrirama, Asambhava, Brahma, Asmad, Ekataya, Hava, Kah, Moksha, Vicara, Ceti, Cetya, Alam, Ala, Bheda, Vikalpana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.67.59). 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: “asaṃbhavādasaṃvitterbrahmātmaikatayāthavā ”
asambhavād -
asambhava (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

asambhava (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
asaṃvitte -
√saṃvid (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second plural], [imperfect middle third single]
ir -
i (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
brahmāt -
brahma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

brahma (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]
ekatayāt -
ekataya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

ekataya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
havā -
havā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 3: “ko mokṣaḥ ko vicāraścetyalaṃ bhedavikalpanaiḥ ”
ko* -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mokṣaḥ -
mokṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ko* -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vicāraś -
vicāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cetya -
cetī (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

cetya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cetya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√cit -> cetya (participle, masculine)

[compound from √cit]

√cit -> cetya (participle, neuter)

[compound from √cit]

√cit -> cetya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √cit]

ceti (noun, masculine)

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

ceti (noun, feminine)

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

ceti (noun, neuter)

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

cetī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

cetī (noun, feminine)

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

cetī (noun, neuter)

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

√cit -> cetya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √cit]

√cit -> cetya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √cit]
alam -
alam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ala (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
bheda -
bheda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√bhid (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
vikalpanaiḥ -
vikalpana (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

vikalpana (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]