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 3.96.30

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दर्शनश्रवणस्पर्शरसनघ्राणकर्मभिः ।
क्रियेति कथ्यते लोके कार्यकारणतां गता ॥ ३० ॥

darśanaśravaṇasparśarasanaghrāṇakarmabhiḥ |
kriyeti kathyate loke kāryakāraṇatāṃ gatā || 30 ||

The sensible actions are seeing and hearing, feeling, tasting and smelling, of the outward organs of sense; but the mind is the cause both of these actions and their acts.
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 (3.96.30). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Darshana, Shravana, Sparsha, Rasana, Ghrana, Karman, Kriya, Iti, Loka, Karyakarana, Gat, Gata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.96.30). 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: “darśanaśravaṇasparśarasanaghrāṇakarmabhiḥ ”
darśana -
darśana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

darśana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śravaṇa -
śravaṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śravaṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sparśa -
sparśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sparśa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rasana -
rasana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

rasana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ghrāṇa -
ghrāṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ghrāṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
karmabhiḥ -
karman (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “kriyeti kathyate loke kāryakāraṇatāṃ gatā ”
kriye -
kriya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

kriyā (noun, feminine)

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

√kṛ (verb class 1)

[present passive first single]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[present passive first single]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[present passive first single]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[present passive first single]

√kṛ (verb class 3)

[present passive first single]

√kṛ (verb class 6)

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

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
kathyate -
√kath (verb class 10)

[present passive third single]
loke -
loka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√lok (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
kāryakāraṇa -
kāryakāraṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tām -
tā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
gatā -
gat (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

gat (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

gatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]