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 4.27.23

अनन्तस्याप्रमेयस्य येनेयत्ता प्रकल्पिता ।
आत्मनस्तस्य तेनात्मा स्वात्मनैवावशीकृतः ॥ २३ ॥

anantasyāprameyasya yeneyattā prakalpitā |
ātmanastasya tenātmā svātmanaivāvaśīkṛtaḥ || 23 ||

He that puts a limit to his soul or atma, which is unbounded and infinite, both surely reduce his magnanimity or garima to the minuteness or anima by his own making.

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (4.27.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ananta, Aprameya, Yena, Yah, Yat, Iyatta, Prakalpita, Atman, Tad, Tena, Asmad, Svatman, Eva, Ashin, Krit, Krita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.27.23). 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: “anantasyāprameyasya yeneyattā prakalpitā
  • anantasyā -
  • ananta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    ananta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • aprameyasya -
  • aprameya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    aprameya (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • yene -
  • yena (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • iyattā -
  • iyattā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • prakalpitā -
  • prakalpitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ātmanastasya tenātmā svātmanaivāvaśīkṛtaḥ
  • ātmanas -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • tasya -
  • tas -> tasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √tas]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    tas (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • tenāt -
  • tena (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • svātmanai -
  • svātman (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • evāva -
  • eva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • aśī -
  • aśin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kṛtaḥ -
  • kṛt (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    kṛt (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    kṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ (verb class 2)
    [present active third dual]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.27.23

Cover of edition (1891)

Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)

[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.

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Preview of verse 4.27.23 in Gujarati sript:
અનન્તસ્યાપ્રમેયસ્ય યેનેયત્તા પ્રકલ્પિતા ।
આત્મનસ્તસ્ય તેનાત્મા સ્વાત્મનૈવાવશીકૃતઃ ॥ ૨૩ ॥

Cover of edition (2019)

Vasishtha Rama Samvadam (Telugu)
by Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad (2019)

Set of 4 Volumes; 9789383972142.

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Preview of verse 4.27.23 in Telugu sript:
అనన్తస్యాప్రమేయస్య యేనేయత్తా ప్రకల్పితా ।
ఆత్మనస్తస్య తేనాత్మా స్వాత్మనైవావశీకృతః ॥ ౨౩ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

The Yogavasistha (Hindi translation)
by Khemraj Shrikrishnadass (2009)

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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