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 4.60.18

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तेनैव मोक्षभागी चेज्जन्मना स तु सात्त्विकः ।
अथैतां योनिमासाद्य कृत्यां जन्मपरम्पराम् ॥ १८ ॥

tenaiva mokṣabhāgī cejjanmanā sa tu sāttvikaḥ |
athaitāṃ yonimāsādya kṛtyāṃ janmaparamparām || 18 ||

He is said to have a satvika birth, who gets his liberation in or after his life time; but whoever is obliged to be reborn by his acts, is said to belong to the rajas-satvika class.
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 (4.60.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Tena, Mokshabhaj, Sattvika, Atha, Yoni, Yonin, Masa, Kriti, Kritya, Janmapa, Para,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.60.18). 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: “tenaiva mokṣabhāgī cejjanmanā sa tu sāttvikaḥ ”
tenai -
tena (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

√tan (verb class 8)

[perfect active second plural]

√tan (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]

√tan (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
mokṣabhāg -
mokṣabhāj (noun, masculine)

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

mokṣabhāj (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ī -
ī (noun, feminine)

[compound]

ī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

i (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Cannot analyse cejjanmanā*sa
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
sāttvikaḥ -
sāttvika (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “athaitāṃ yonimāsādya kṛtyāṃ janmaparamparām ”
athai -
athā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
aitām -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active third dual]
yoni -
yonī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

yonin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

yonin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
māsād -
māsa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ya -
kṛtyām -
kṛti (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

kṛtyā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

√kṛ -> kṛtyā (participle, feminine)

[accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

kṛtī (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
janmapa -
janmapa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ram -
ra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ra (noun, neuter)

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

rā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
parām -
parā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]