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 3.118.5

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ज्ञानभूमिः शुभेच्छाख्या प्रथमा समुदाहृता ।
विचारणा द्वितीया तु तृतीया तनुमानसा ॥ ५ ॥

jñānabhūmiḥ śubhecchākhyā prathamā samudāhṛtā |
vicāraṇā dvitīyā tu tṛtīyā tanumānasā || 5 ||

The grounds of knowledge comprise the desire of becoming good said:—subhechha, and this good will is the first step. Then comes discretion or reasoning (vicharana) the second, followed by purity of mind (tanu-manasa), which is the third grade to the gaining of knowledge.
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 (3.118.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jnana, Bhumi, Shakhya, Prathama, Samudahrita, Vicarana, Dvitiya, Tritiya, Tanumat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.118.5). 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: “jñānabhūmiḥ śubhecchākhyā prathamā samudāhṛtā ”
jñāna -
jñāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhūmiḥ -
bhūmi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

bhūmi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śubhecch -
√śubh (verb class 6)

[optative active third single]
śākhyā -
śākhyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√śākh -> śākhyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √śākh class 1 verb]
prathamā -
prathamā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
samudāhṛtā -
samudāhṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “vicāraṇā dvitīyā tu tṛtīyā tanumānasā ”
vicāraṇā* -
vicāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
dvitīyā -
dvitīyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
tṛtīyā -
tṛtīyā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tṛtīyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tanumān -
tanumat (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
sā -
sā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]