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 3.95.5

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काचिद्वा कलना यावन्न नीता राघव प्रथाम् ।
उपदेश्योपदेशश्रीस्तावल्लोके न शोभते ॥ ५ ॥

kācidvā kalanā yāvanna nītā rāghava prathām |
upadeśyopadeśaśrīstāvalloke na śobhate || 5 ||

It is a mere fiction of speech to speak of the world as creation or production, because it is difficult to explain the subject and object of the lecture, without the use of such fictitious language.
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 (3.95.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Acit, Kalana, Yavan, Yavat, Nita, Raghava, Pratha, Upadeshya, Upadesha, Shri, Tavat, Loka, Shobhat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.95.5). 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: “kācidvā kalanā yāvanna nītā rāghava prathām ”
kā -
kā (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
acid -
acit (noun, feminine)

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

acit (noun, masculine)

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

acit (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
kalanā* -
kalana (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kalanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yāvann -
yāvan (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

yāvat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
a -
a (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
nītā* -
nīta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nītā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√nī -> nīta (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √nī class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √nī class 1 verb]

√nī -> nītā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √nī class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √nī class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √nī class 1 verb]
rāghava -
rāghava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
prathām -
prathā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “upadeśyopadeśaśrīstāvalloke na śobhate ”
upadeśyo -
upadeśya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

upadeśya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

upadeśyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
upadeśa -
upadeśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
śrīs -
śrī (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative plural]

śrī (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
tāval -
tāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tāvat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tāvat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

tāvat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
loke -
loka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√lok (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śobhate -
√śubh -> śobhat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √śubh class 1 verb]

√śubh -> śobhat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √śubh class 1 verb]

√śubh (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]