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 4.18.2

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प्रवृत्तिर्वा निवृत्तिर्वा तन्मात्रावृत्तिपूर्वकम् ।
सर्वस्य जीवजातस्य सुषुप्तत्वादनन्तरम् ॥ २ ॥

pravṛttirvā nivṛttirvā tanmātrāvṛttipūrvakam |
sarvasya jīvajātasya suṣuptatvādanantaram || 2 ||

As long as there is no volition nor nolition, connected with the identity of the living soul; so long it reposes in a state of rest, not unlike that of sound sleep.
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 (4.18.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pravritti, Var, Nivritti, Tanmatra, Avritti, Purvakam, Purvaka, Sarva, Jivaja, Idam, Sushupta, Tva, Anantaram, Anantara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.18.2). 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: “pravṛttirvā nivṛttirvā tanmātrāvṛttipūrvakam ”
pravṛttir -
pravṛtti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
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]
nivṛttir -
nivṛtti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

tanmātra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tanmātrā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [adverb]

avṛtti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

avṛtti (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
pūrvakam -
pūrvakam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pūrvaka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pūrvaka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “sarvasya jīvajātasya suṣuptatvādanantaram ”
sarvasya -
sarva (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
jīvajāt -
jīvaja (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

jīvaja (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
asya -
√as -> asya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √as]

a (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√as (verb class 4)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

suṣupta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tvād -
tva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
anantaram -
anantaram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

anantara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

anantara (noun, neuter)

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

anantarā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]