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 4.40.11

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इह काश्चिन्महामोहा भूतानां जातयः स्थिताः ।
काश्चिदभ्युदितज्ञानाःकाश्चिन्मध्ये स्खलन्ति हि ॥ ११ ॥

iha kāścinmahāmohā bhūtānāṃ jātayaḥ sthitāḥ |
kāścidabhyuditajñānāḥkāścinmadhye skhalanti hi || 11 ||

Here there are many kinds of beings, labouring under great ignorance as the beasts and brute creatures. There are some with enlightened minds as the sages; and others staggering in the intermediate class, as the majority of mankind.
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 (4.40.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iha, Cit, Mahamoha, Bhuta, Jati, Jataya, Sthita, Abhyudita, Jnana, Madhye, Madhya, Skhalat, Skhalanti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.40.11). 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: “iha kāścinmahāmohā bhūtānāṃ jātayaḥ sthitāḥ ”
iha -
iha (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kāś -
kās (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
cin -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
mahāmohā* -
mahāmoha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mahāmohā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
bhūtānām -
bhūta (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

bhūta (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

bhūtā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
jātayaḥ -
jāti (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

jātaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sthitāḥ -
sthita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sthitā (noun, feminine)

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

√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> sthitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √sthā class 1 verb]
Line 2: “kāścidabhyuditajñānāḥkāścinmadhye skhalanti hi ”
kāś -
kās (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
cid -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

abhyudita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jñānāḥ -
jñānā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kāś -
kās (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
cin -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
madhye -
madhye (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

madhya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

madhya (noun, neuter)

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

madhyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
skhalanti -
skhalat (noun, neuter)

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

√skhal -> skhalat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √skhal class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √skhal class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √skhal class 1 verb]

√skhal -> skhalantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √skhal class 1 verb]

√skhal (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]