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 4.57.18

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तदेतत्कथितं राम कर्त्रकर्तृविचारणम् ।
अज्ञातत्वात्तु तामेतामक्षीणवासनो भवेत् ॥ १८ ॥

tadetatkathitaṃ rāma kartrakartṛvicāraṇam |
ajñātatvāttu tāmetāmakṣīṇavāsano bhavet || 18 ||

I have already related to you Rama! the argument concerning the agency and inertness of the soul, yet it is your ignorance of this doctrine, that makes you foster your doubts.
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 (4.57.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Tat, Tad, Kathita, Rama, Kartri, Kartra, Vicarana, Ajnata, Tva, Tama, Tami, Ita, Akshina, Vasana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.57.18). 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: “tadetatkathitaṃ rāma kartrakartṛvicāraṇam ”
tade -
tadā (noun, feminine)

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

tada (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
kathitam -
kathita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kathita (noun, neuter)

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

kathitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√kath -> kathita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √kath class 10 verb]

√kath -> kathita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √kath class 10 verb], [accusative single from √kath class 10 verb]
rāma -
rāma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

rāma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√rā (verb class 2)

[imperative active first plural]
kartra -
kartṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

kartṛ (noun, neuter)

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

kartra (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [adverb]
vicāraṇam -
vicāraṇa (noun, neuter)

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

vicāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “ajñātatvāttu tāmetāmakṣīṇavāsano bhavet ”
ajñāta -
ajñāta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ajñāta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√jñā (verb class 3)

[aorist active second plural]

√jñā (verb class 9)

[aorist active second plural]
tvāt -
tva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
tāme -
tāma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

tāmi (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
itām -
itā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

√i -> itā (participle, feminine)

[accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i (verb class 2)

[imperative active third dual], [imperative middle third single]
akṣīṇa -
akṣīṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

akṣīṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vāsano* -
vāsana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhavet -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]