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 4.54.20

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संकल्पो हि मनो जीवश्चित्तं बुद्धिः सवासना ।
नाम्नैवान्यत्वमेतेषां नार्थेनार्थविदां वर ॥ २० ॥

saṃkalpo hi mano jīvaścittaṃ buddhiḥ savāsanā |
nāmnaivānyatvameteṣāṃ nārthenārthavidāṃ vara || 20 ||

Our wishes constitute our minds, hearts, lives, understandings and all our desiderative faculties; all which are but different names for the same thing without any difference in their signification.
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 (4.54.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sankalpa, Mana, Manas, Jiva, Citta, Buddhi, Savasa, Nri, Namna, Naman, Eva, Yatva, Etad, Esha, Artha, Arthavid, Arthavida, Vara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.54.20). 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: “saṃkalpo hi mano jīvaścittaṃ buddhiḥ savāsanā ”
saṅkalpo* -
saṅkalpa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
mano* -
manas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jīvaś -
jīva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cittam -
citta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

citta (noun, neuter)

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

cittā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√cit (verb class 2)

[imperative active second dual]
buddhiḥ -
buddhi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
savāsa -
savāsa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

savāsa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nā -
nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “nāmnaivānyatvameteṣāṃ nārthenārthavidāṃ vara ”
nāmnai -
nāmnā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

nāman (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
evān -
eva (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
yatvam -
yatva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
eteṣām -
etad (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
nā -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
arthenā -
artha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
arthavidām -
arthavid (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

arthavid (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

arthavidā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
vara -
vara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vṛ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]