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 4.21.19

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एवं हि मनसः कर्म कर्मबीजं मनः स्मृतम् ।
अभिन्नैव तयोः सत्ता यथा कुसुमगन्धयोः ॥ १९ ॥

evaṃ hi manasaḥ karma karmabījaṃ manaḥ smṛtam |
abhinnaiva tayoḥ sattā yathā kusumagandhayoḥ || 19 ||

Such are the acts of the mind which is said to be the root of action, and these combine together as inseparably as the flower and its fragrance.
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 (4.21.19). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evam, Eva, Manas, Manasa, Karman, Karmabija, Mana, Smrita, Abhinna, Tad, Satta, Yatha, Kusuma, Gandha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.21.19). 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: “evaṃ hi manasaḥ karma karmabījaṃ manaḥ smṛtam ”
evam -
evam (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

evam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

eva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

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

evā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
manasaḥ -
manas (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

manasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
karma -
karman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
karmabījam -
karmabīja (noun, neuter)

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

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

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
smṛtam -
smṛta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

smṛta (noun, neuter)

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

smṛtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
Line 2: “abhinnaiva tayoḥ sattā yathā kusumagandhayoḥ ”
abhinnai -
abhinna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

abhinna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

abhinnā (noun, feminine)

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

[imperfect active first dual]
tayoḥ -
ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

tā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

sā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]
sattā* -
sattā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

satta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kusuma -
kusuma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kusuma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
gandhayoḥ -
gandha (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

gandha (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

gandhā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]