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 4.43.31

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केचिच्छक्तत्वमप्युच्चैः प्राप्य तुच्छतया धिया ।
पुनस्तिर्यक्त्वमायान्ति तिर्यक्त्वान्नरकानपि ॥ ३१ ॥

kecicchaktatvamapyuccaiḥ prāpya tucchatayā dhiyā |
punastiryaktvamāyānti tiryaktvānnarakānapi || 31 ||

Some there are who after having attained to higher states, fall down again by the lowness of their spirits, and appearing in the shapes of brute creatures, have to fall into hell at last.
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 (4.43.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kah, Kim, Cit, Shakta, Tva, Yushmad, Api, Uccaih, Ucca, Prapya, Tuccha, Taya, Dhi, Puna, Tiryaktva, Ayat, Naraka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.43.31). 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: “kecicchaktatvamapyuccaiḥ prāpya tucchatayā dhiyā ”
ke -
ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

ka (noun, neuter)

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

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
cicch -
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]
śakta -
śakta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śakta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√śac -> śakta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √śac class 1 verb]

√śac -> śakta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √śac class 1 verb]

√śak -> śakta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √śak class 5 verb]

√śak -> śakta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √śak class 5 verb]
tvam -
tva (noun, neuter)

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

tva (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
apyu -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable]

uccaiḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

ucca (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

ucca (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
prāpya -
prāpya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prāpya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tuccha -
tuccha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tuccha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tayā* -
taya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
dhiyā -
dhī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “punastiryaktvamāyānti tiryaktvānnarakānapi ”
punas -
pu (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

puna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pū (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
tiryaktvam -
tiryaktva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
āyānti -
āyāt (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tiryaktvān -
tiryaktva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
narakān -
naraka (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]