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 4.62.13

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यानेव सेवते जन्तुरिह जातिगुणान्सदा ।
अथान्यजातिजातोऽपि जातिं भजति तां क्षणात् ॥ १३ ॥

yāneva sevate janturiha jātiguṇānsadā |
athānyajātijāto'pi jātiṃ bhajati tāṃ kṣaṇāt || 13 ||

The man who is habituated in the practice of the manners, and the modes of life of another person, is soon changed to that mode of life, though it be of a different nature, or of another species of being.
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 (4.62.13). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yana, Iva, Jantu, Iha, Jati, Guna, Sada, Sad, Atha, Anyaja, Atijata, Api, Kshanat, Kshana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.62.13). 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: “yāneva sevate janturiha jātiguṇānsadā ”
yāne -
yāna (noun, masculine)

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

yāna (noun, neuter)

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

yānā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sevate -
√sev (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]
jantur -
jantu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iha -
iha (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
jāti -
jāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

jātī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
guṇān -
guṇa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
sadā -
sadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

sad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

sadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “athānyajātijāto'pi jātiṃ bhajati tāṃ kṣaṇāt ”
athā -
athā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
anyajā -
anyaja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

anyaja (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

anyajā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
atijāto' -
atijāta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
jātim -
jāti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
bhajati -
√bhaj (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
tām -
tā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
kṣaṇāt -
kṣaṇāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

kṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]