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 4.56.3

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अथ चेदस्ति नास्तीदमिति निश्चयवानसि ।
तथापि भावनासङ्गः कथं युक्तश्चलाचले ॥ ३ ॥

atha cedasti nāstīdamiti niścayavānasi |
tathāpi bhāvanāsaṅgaḥ kathaṃ yuktaścalācale || 3 ||

Or if you know it to be a temporary existence, why then should you take any interest in what is so frail and unstable, rather than care for your immortal soul?
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 (4.56.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Nasti, Idam, Iti, Nishcaya, Vana, Tatha, Api, Bhavana, Asanga, Katham, Katha, Yukta, Calacala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.56.3). 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: “atha cedasti nāstīdamiti niścayavānasi ”
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ceda -
√cad (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
sti -
sti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
nāstī -
nāsti (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
niścaya -
niścaya (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

vāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√u -> vāna (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √u class 1 verb], [vocative single from √u class 2 verb], [vocative single from √u class 5 verb]

√u -> vāna (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √u class 1 verb], [vocative single from √u class 2 verb], [vocative single from √u class 5 verb]
si -
si (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
Line 2: “tathāpi bhāvanāsaṅgaḥ kathaṃ yuktaścalācale ”
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
bhāvanā -
bhāvana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhāvana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhāvanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
asaṅgaḥ -
asaṅga (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]
yuktaś -
yukta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√yuj -> yukta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √yuj class 7 verb]
calācale -
calācala (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

calācala (noun, neuter)

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

calācalā (noun, feminine)

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