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 4.53.4

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दाशूर उवाच ।
शृणु पुत्र यथाभूतमेतत्ते कथयाम्यहम् ।
येन संसारचक्रस्य तत्त्वमस्यावबुध्यसे ॥ ४ ॥

dāśūra uvāca |
śṛṇu putra yathābhūtametatte kathayāmyaham |
yena saṃsāracakrasya tattvamasyāvabudhyase || 4 ||

Dasura replied:—Hear me tell you my son, the meaning of this parable, which will explain to you the nature of this revolutionary world in its true light.
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 (4.53.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dashura, Putra, Yathabhutam, Etad, Tad, Yushmad, Aha, Asmad, Yena, Yah, Yat, Samsaracakra, Tattva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.53.4). 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: “dāśūra uvāca ”
dāśūra* -
dāśūra (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: “śṛṇu putra yathābhūtametatte kathayāmyaham ”
śṛṇu -
√śru (verb class 5)

[imperative active second single]
putra -
putra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

putra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yathābhūtam -
yathābhūtam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
etat -
etad (noun, masculine)

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

etad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
kathayāmya -
√kath (verb class 10)

[present active first single]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
Line 3: “yena saṃsāracakrasya tattvamasyāvabudhyase ”
yena -
yena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
saṃsāracakrasya -
saṃsāracakra (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
tattvam -
tattva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
asyāva -
√as (verb class 4)

[imperative active first dual]

√sā (verb class 4)

[imperfect active first dual]
budhyase -
√budh (verb class 1)

[present passive second single]

√budh (verb class 4)

[present middle second single], [present passive second single]