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 4.44.1

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श्रीराम उवाच ।
क्रमेणानेन येनाप्ता जीवेन स्थितिरात्मनः ।
स कथं भगवन्देहं समाधत्तेऽस्थिपञ्जरम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca |
krameṇānena yenāptā jīvena sthitirātmanaḥ |
sa kathaṃ bhagavandehaṃ samādhatte'sthipañjaram || 1 ||

Rama asked said:—I understand now how the particles of the Divine Spirit, take the forms of the living souls; but I cannot conceive how it assumes the corporeal body composed of bones and ribs.
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 (4.44.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shrirama, Kramena, Krama, Ana, Anena, Idam, Yena, Yah, Yat, Apta, Jiva, Sthiti, Atman, Katham, Katha, Bhagavat, Bhagavan, Deha, Sama, Asthipanjara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.44.1). 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: “śrīrāma uvāca ”
śrīrāma* -
śrīrāma (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: “krameṇānena yenāptā jīvena sthitirātmanaḥ ”
krameṇā -
krameṇa (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

krama (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
anena -
anena (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

anena (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ana (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
yenā -
yena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
aptā* -
apta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
jīvena -
jīva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

jīva (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
sthitir -
sthiti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ātmanaḥ -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 3: “sa kathaṃ bhagavandehaṃ samādhatte'sthipañjaram ”
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
bhagavan -
bhagavan (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

bhagavan (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

bhagavat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
deham -
deha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

deha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
samā -
samā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

samā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
dhatte' -
√dhā (verb class 3)

[present middle third single]
asthipañjaram -
asthipañjara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]