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 4.18.12

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सर्वेषां जीवराशीनामात्मावस्थात्रयं श्रितः ।
जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्त्याख्यमत्र देहो न कारणम् ॥ १२ ॥

sarveṣāṃ jīvarāśīnāmātmāvasthātrayaṃ śritaḥ |
jāgratsvapnasuṣuptyākhyamatra deho na kāraṇam || 12 ||

Thus the soul passing under the triple condition in its living state, does not give rise to the body, as the sea-water gives rise to the waves.
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 (4.18.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sarva, Jiva, Jivan, Rashi, Atman, Atma, Avasthatraya, Shrit, Shrita, Jagratsvapna, Sushupti, Akhya, Atra, Deha, Karana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.18.12). 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: “sarveṣāṃ jīvarāśīnāmātmāvasthātrayaṃ śritaḥ ”
sarveṣām -
sarva (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
jīva -
jīva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

jīva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

jīvan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

jīvan (noun, neuter)

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

√jīv (verb class 1)

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

[genitive plural]

rāśī (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

rāśī (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

rāśī (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
ātmā -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

ātmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
avasthātrayam -
avasthātraya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
śritaḥ -
śrit (noun, masculine)

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

śrit (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

śrita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√śri -> śrita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śri class 1 verb]
Line 2: “jāgratsvapnasuṣuptyākhyamatra deho na kāraṇam ”
jāgratsvapna -
jāgratsvapna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

jāgratsvapna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
suṣuptyā -
suṣupti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
ākhyam -
ākhyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

ākhya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ākhya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
atra -
atra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

atra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

atra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
deho* -
deha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kāraṇam -
kāraṇa (noun, neuter)

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

kāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]