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 4.18.68

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यथा स्पर्शेन पवनः सत्तामायाति नो गिरा ।
तथेच्छातानवेनैव विवेकोऽस्य विबुध्यते ॥ ६८ ॥

yathā sparśena pavanaḥ sattāmāyāti no girā |
tathecchātānavenaiva viveko'sya vibudhyate || 68 ||

As the perception of air, comes by the feeling and not by words of the mouth; so wisdom proceeds from the curtailing of desires.
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 (4.18.68). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yatha, Sparsha, Pavana, Satta, Ayat, Asmad, Gir, Gira, Tatha, Iccha, Tanava, Viveka, Idam,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.18.68). 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: “yathā sparśena pavanaḥ sattāmāyāti no girā ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sparśena -
sparśa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

sparśa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
pavanaḥ -
pavana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sattām -
sattā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
āyāti -
āyāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

āyāti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

āyāt (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

āyāt (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

āyāt (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
no* -
na (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
girā -
gir (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

gir (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

gir (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

girā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “tathecchātānavenaiva viveko'sya vibudhyate ”
tathe -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

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

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
icchā -
icchā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tānavenai -
tānava (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
viveko' -
viveka (noun, masculine)

[nominative 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]
vi -
vi (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

vi (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

vi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vi (noun, neuter)

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

ve (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

vī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

vī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

vī (noun, neuter)

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

vi (Preverb)

[Preverb]
budhyate -
√budh (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√budh (verb class 4)

[present middle third single], [present passive third single]