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 3.118.18

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जीवन्मुक्ता न सज्जन्ति सुखदुःखरसस्थितौ ।
प्रकृतेनार्थकार्याणि किंचित्कुर्वन्ति वा न वा ॥ १८ ॥

jīvanmuktā na sajjanti sukhaduḥkharasasthitau |
prakṛtenārthakāryāṇi kiṃcitkurvanti vā na vā || 18 ||

The living liberated are not plunged in the waters of pleasure and sorrow, but remain sedate and unmoved in both states;they are at liberty either to do or slight to discharge the duties of their conditions and positions in society.
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 (3.118.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jivanmukta, Sajjat, Sajjanti, Sukhaduhkha, Rasa, Sthita, Sthiti, Prakrita, Arthakarin, Kincid, Kincit, Kurvat, Var,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.118.18). 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: “jīvanmuktā na sajjanti sukhaduḥkharasasthitau ”
jīvanmuktā* -
jīvanmukta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

jīvanmuktā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sajjanti -
√sajj -> sajjat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √sajj class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sajj class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √sajj class 1 verb]

√sajj -> sajjantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √sajj class 1 verb]

√sajj (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
sukhaduḥkha -
sukhaduḥkha (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

√ras (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
sthitau -
sthita (noun, masculine)

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

sthiti (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)

[nominative dual from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √sthā class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √sthā class 1 verb]
Line 2: “prakṛtenārthakāryāṇi kiṃcitkurvanti vā na vā ”
prakṛtenā -
prakṛta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

prakṛta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
arthakāryā -
arthakārin (noun, masculine)

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

arthakārin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
āṇi -
āṇi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
kiñcit -
kiñcid (noun, neuter)

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

kiñcit (noun, masculine)

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

kiñcit (noun, feminine)

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

kiñcit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
kurvanti -
kurvat (noun, neuter)

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

√kṛ -> kurvat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[present active third plural]
vā* -
vār (noun, masculine)

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

vār (noun, neuter)

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

va (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]