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 4.11.62

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न मोक्षो मोक्ष ईशस्य न बन्धो बन्ध आत्मनः ।
बन्धमोक्षदृशौ लोके न जाने प्रोत्थिते कुतः ॥ ६२ ॥

na mokṣo mokṣa īśasya na bandho bandha ātmanaḥ |
bandhamokṣadṛśau loke na jāne protthite kutaḥ || 62 ||

There is no bondage nor liberation of human soul, nor of the Divine Spirit. We cannot account for the use of these words among mankind.
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 (4.11.62). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Moksha, Isha, Bandha, Bandhi, Bandhu, Atman, Bandhamoksha, Drisha, Drishi, Drish, Loka, Jana, Jani, Protthita, 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 4.11.62). 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: “na mokṣo mokṣa īśasya na bandho bandha ātmanaḥ ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mokṣo* -
mokṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mokṣa* -
mokṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
īśasya -
īśa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

īśa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bandho* -
bandha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bandha*ā -
bandha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bandhi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

bandhu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√bandh (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
āt -
āt (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ātmanaḥ -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “bandhamokṣadṛśau loke na jāne protthite kutaḥ ”
bandhamokṣa -
bandhamokṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bandhamokṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dṛśau -
dṛśa (noun, masculine)

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

dṛśi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

dṛś (noun, feminine)

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

dṛś (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
loke -
loka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√lok (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jāne -
jāna (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

jāna (noun, neuter)

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

jāni (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

jāni (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√jñā (verb class 9)

[present middle first single]
protthite -
protthita (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

protthita (noun, neuter)

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

protthitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
kutaḥ -
kutaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kutaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kuta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]