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 3.113.2

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अविद्या विद्यमानेव नष्टप्रज्ञेषु विद्यते ।
नाम्नैवाङ्गीकृताभावात्सम्यक्प्रज्ञेषु सा कुतः ॥ २ ॥

avidyā vidyamāneva naṣṭaprajñeṣu vidyate |
nāmnaivāṅgīkṛtābhāvātsamyakprajñeṣu sā kutaḥ || 2 ||

They rise in the minds of the unwise amidst their ignorance; but every thing which is known only by its name and not in actuality, can not have its residence in the minds of wise people.
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 (3.113.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Avidya, Vidyamana, Iva, Nashta, Prajna, Namna, Naman, Angikrita, Abhava, Samyakprajna, Kutah, Kuta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.113.2). 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: “avidyā vidyamāneva naṣṭaprajñeṣu vidyate ”
avidyā* -
avidya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

avidyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vidyamāne -
vidyamāna (noun, masculine)

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

vidyamāna (noun, neuter)

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

vidyamānā (noun, feminine)

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

√vid -> vidyamāna (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vid class 2 verb], [locative single from √vid class 2 verb]

√vid -> vidyamāna (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √vid class 2 verb], [vocative single from √vid class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √vid class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √vid class 2 verb], [locative single from √vid class 2 verb]

√vid -> vidyamānā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √vid class 2 verb], [nominative dual from √vid class 2 verb], [vocative single from √vid class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √vid class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √vid class 2 verb]

√vid -> vidyamāna (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vid class 6 verb], [locative single from √vid class 6 verb]

√vid -> vidyamāna (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √vid class 6 verb], [vocative single from √vid class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √vid class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √vid class 6 verb], [locative single from √vid class 6 verb]

√vid -> vidyamānā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √vid class 6 verb], [nominative dual from √vid class 6 verb], [vocative single from √vid class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √vid class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √vid class 6 verb]

√vid -> vidyamāna (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vid class 7 verb], [locative single from √vid class 7 verb]

√vid -> vidyamāna (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √vid class 7 verb], [vocative single from √vid class 7 verb], [vocative dual from √vid class 7 verb], [accusative dual from √vid class 7 verb], [locative single from √vid class 7 verb]

√vid -> vidyamānā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √vid class 7 verb], [nominative dual from √vid class 7 verb], [vocative single from √vid class 7 verb], [vocative dual from √vid class 7 verb], [accusative dual from √vid class 7 verb]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
naṣṭa -
naṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

naṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√naś -> naṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative single from √naś class 4 verb]

√naś -> naṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative single from √naś class 4 verb]

√naś -> naṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √naś class 1 verb]

√naś -> naṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √naś class 1 verb]
prajñeṣu -
prajña (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

prajña (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
vidyate -
√vid (verb class 2)

[present passive third single]

√vid (verb class 6)

[present passive third single]

√vid (verb class 7)

[present passive third single]
Line 2: “nāmnaivāṅgīkṛtābhāvātsamyakprajñeṣu sā kutaḥ ”
nāmnai -
nāmnā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

nāman (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
aivā -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
aṅgīkṛtā -
aṅgīkṛta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aṅgīkṛta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

aṅgīkṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
abhāvāt -
abhāva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
samyakprajñe -
samyakprajñā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iṣu -
iṣu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

i (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
sā -
sā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kutaḥ -
kutaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kutaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kuta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]