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 4.39.2

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
राजपुत्र ब्रह्मतत्त्वमेवेदमावर्तते यस्मात्सर्वशक्ति तत्तस्मात्सर्वाः शक्तयो ब्रह्मणि दृश्यन्ते ॥ २ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
rājaputra brahmatattvamevedamāvartate yasmātsarvaśakti tattasmātsarvāḥ śaktayo brahmaṇi dṛśyante || 2 ||

Vasishtha replied:—O prince, such is the nature of Brahma, that all power incessantly flows from him, wherefore every power is said to reside in him.

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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 (4.39.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shri, Vasishtha, Rajaputra, Brahmatattva, Eva, Dama, Rita, Tad, Yushmad, Yasmat, Yah, Yat, Tat, Tasmat, Saru, Sarva, Shakti, Brahman,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.39.2). 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: “śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca
  • śrī -
  • śrī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    śrī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • vasiṣṭha* -
  • vasiṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • uvāca -
  • vac (verb class 2)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
  • Line 2: “rājaputra brahmatattvamevedamāvartate yasmātsarvaśakti tattasmātsarvāḥ śaktayo brahmaṇi dṛśyante
  • rājaputra -
  • rājaputra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • brahmatattvam -
  • brahmatattva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • eve -
  • eva (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • damāva -
  • dama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ar -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ṛta -
  • ṛta (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    ṛta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṛta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • yasmāt -
  • yasmāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [ablative single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [ablative single]
  • sarvaśakti -
  • sarvaśakti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tasmāt -
  • tasmāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single]
  • sarvāḥ -
  • saru (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • śaktayo* -
  • śakti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śakti (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • brahmaṇi -
  • brahman (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • dṛśyante -
  • dṛś (verb class 1)
    [present passive third plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.39.2

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 4.39.2 in Gujarati sript:
શ્રીવસિષ્ઠ ઉવાચ ।
રાજપુત્ર બ્રહ્મતત્ત્વમેવેદમાવર્તતે યસ્માત્સર્વશક્તિ તત્તસ્માત્સર્વાઃ શક્તયો બ્રહ્મણિ દૃશ્યન્તે ॥ ૨ ॥

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 4.39.2 in Telugu sript:
శ్రీవసిష్ఠ ఉవాచ ।
రాజపుత్ర బ్రహ్మతత్త్వమేవేదమావర్తతే యస్మాత్సర్వశక్తి తత్తస్మాత్సర్వాః శక్తయో బ్రహ్మణి దృశ్యన్తే ॥ ౨ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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