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 4.20.6

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पुरुषश्चेच्छरीरं स्यात्कथं शुक्रो महामतिः ।
अगमद्विविधाकारं जन्मान्तरशतभ्रमम् ॥ ६ ॥

puruṣaśceccharīraṃ syātkathaṃ śukro mahāmatiḥ |
agamadvividhākāraṃ janmāntaraśatabhramam || 6 ||

If the body were the purusha, how could the highminded Sukra, pass into various forms in his very many transmigrations (as mentioned before)?
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 (4.20.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Purusha, Rira, Syat, Sya, Katham, Katha, Shukra, Mahamati, Vividhakara, Janmantara, Shata, Bhrama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.20.6). 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: “puruṣaśceccharīraṃ syātkathaṃ śukro mahāmatiḥ ”
puruṣaś -
puruṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ce -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

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

ca (noun, neuter)

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

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iccha -
√iṣ (verb class 6)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]
syāt -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
śukro* -
śukra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mahāmatiḥ -
mahāmati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

mahāmati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “agamadvividhākāraṃ janmāntaraśatabhramam ”
agamad -
√gam (verb class 1)

[aorist active third single]

√gam (verb class 2)

[aorist active third single]

√gam (verb class 3)

[aorist active third single]
vividhākāram -
vividhākāra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vividhākāra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
janmāntara -
janmāntara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śata -
śata (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhramam -
bhrama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]