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 4.3.7

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प्राक्तनः कः स्मृतेः कर्ता तस्मात्कथय सुव्रत ।
स्मृतिर्निर्मूलतां याता स्मर्तुर्मुक्ततया यतः ॥ ७ ॥

prāktanaḥ kaḥ smṛteḥ kartā tasmātkathaya suvrata |
smṛtirnirmūlatāṃ yātā smarturmuktatayā yataḥ || 7 ||

Now tell me, my good Rama, where do these past remembrances and remembrancers abide any more, when they are wholly lost, at the final liberation (or extinction) of the rememberers?
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 (4.3.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Praktana, Kah, Smriti, Kartri, Karta, Tasmat, Tad, Suvrata, Nirmulata, Yat, Yata, Yatri, Smartri, Muktata, Yatah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.3.7). 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: “prāktanaḥ kaḥ smṛteḥ kartā tasmātkathaya suvrata ”
prāktanaḥ -
prāktana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kaḥ -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
smṛteḥ -
smṛti (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
kartā -
kartṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kartā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√kṛ (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 3)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√kṛ (verb class 6)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
tasmāt -
tasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]
kathaya -
√kath (verb class 10)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

suvrata (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “smṛtirnirmūlatāṃ yātā smarturmuktatayā yataḥ ”
smṛtir -
smṛti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
nirmūlatām -
nirmūlatā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
yātā -
yāt (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yāt (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

yātā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√yā -> yātā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √yā class 2 verb]

yātṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yātṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√yā (verb class 2)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
smartur -
smartṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
muktatayā -
muktatā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
yataḥ -
yataḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yat (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

yat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

yata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √i class 2 verb], [ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]

√yam -> yata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √yam class 1 verb]