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 4.38.4

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तथाच ।
कुर्वतोऽकुर्वतो वापि स्वर्गेऽपि नरकेऽपि वा ।
यादृग्वासनमेतत्स्यान्मनस्तदनुभूयते ॥ ४ ॥

tathāca |
kurvato'kurvato vāpi svarge'pi narake'pi vā |
yādṛgvāsanametatsyānmanastadanubhūyate || 4 ||

(Verse). Moreover, whether a man is agent or no agent of an action, and whether he goes to heaven or dwells in hell, his mind is subject to the same feelings, as he has the desires in his heart.
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 (4.38.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatha, Kurvat, Vapi, Vapin, Svarga, Api, Naraka, Yadrish, Vasana, Etad, Syat, Sya, Mana, Manas, Tada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.38.4). 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: “tathāca ”
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aca -
√ac (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]

√añc (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Line 2: “kurvato'kurvato vāpi svarge'pi narake'pi vā ”
kurvato' -
kurvat (noun, masculine)

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

kurvat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

√kṛ -> kurvat (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [ablative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [genitive single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ -> kurvat (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [genitive single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
akurvato -
vāpi -
vāpi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

vāpī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

vāpin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vāpin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
svarge' -
svarga (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

svarga (noun, neuter)

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

svargā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
narake' -
naraka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

naraka (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Line 3: “yādṛgvāsanametatsyānmanastadanubhūyate ”
yādṛg -
yādṛś (noun, masculine)

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

yādṛś (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vāsanam -
vāsana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vāsana (noun, neuter)

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

vāsanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
etat -
etad (noun, masculine)

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

etad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
syān -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
manas -
manas (noun, neuter)

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

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tada -
tada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nu -
nu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

nu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

nau (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
bhūyate -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]