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 3.95.21

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कर्मणो जायते जन्तुर्बीजादिव नवाङ्कुरः ।
जन्तोः प्रजायते कर्म पुनर्बीजमिवाङ्कुरात् ॥ २१ ॥

karmaṇo jāyate janturbījādiva navāṅkuraḥ |
jantoḥ prajāyate karma punarbījamivāṅkurāt || 21 ||

Acts are the causes of animal births, as the seed gives birth to the sprouts of plants; and again works proceed from living beings as the sprouts produce the seeds.
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 (3.95.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Karman, Jayat, Jantu, Bija, Iva, Navankura, Praja, Tad, Yushmad, Punar, Ankura,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.95.21). 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: “karmaṇo jāyate janturbījādiva navāṅkuraḥ ”
karmaṇo* -
karman (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
jāyate -
√jai -> jāyat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √jai class 1 verb]

√jai -> jāyat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √jai class 1 verb]

√jai (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]

√jan (verb class 4)

[present middle third single]
jantur -
jantu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bījād -
bīja (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

bīja (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
navāṅkuraḥ -
navāṅkura (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “jantoḥ prajāyate karma punarbījamivāṅkurāt ”
jantoḥ -
jantu (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
prajāya -
praja (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

praja (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
karma -
karman (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable adverb]

punar (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
bījam -
bīja (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bīja (noun, neuter)

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

bījā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
aṅkurāt -
aṅkura (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]