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 4.62.20

हितं महासत्त्वतयात्मतत्त्वं विधाय बुद्ध्या भव वीतशोकः ।
तव क्रमेणैव ततो जनोऽयं मुक्तो भविष्यत्यथ वीतशोकः ॥ २० ॥

hitaṃ mahāsattvatayātmatattvaṃ vidhāya buddhyā bhava vītaśokaḥ |
tava krameṇaiva tato jano'yaṃ mukto bhaviṣyatyatha vītaśokaḥ || 20 ||

Try to know yourself, and do good to all creatures by your manliness; employ your good understanding to drive all your cares and sorrows away; and you will thus be liberated from all pain and sorrow.

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (4.62.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Hita, Mahasattvata, Atmatattva, Vidha, Buddhi, Bhava, Vitashoka, Yushmad, Kramena, Krama, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Jana, Janas, Janu, Aya, Idam, Mukta, Bhavishyat, Atha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.62.20). 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: “hitaṃ mahāsattvatayātmatattvaṃ vidhāya buddhyā bhava vītaśokaḥ
  • hitam -
  • hita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    hita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    hitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    hi -> hita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √hi class 5 verb]
    hi -> hita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √hi class 5 verb], [accusative single from √hi class 5 verb]
  • mahāsattvatayā -
  • mahāsattvatā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • ātmatattvam -
  • ātmatattva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vidhāya -
  • vidha (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    vidha (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • buddhyā* -
  • buddhi (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • bhava -
  • bhava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhava (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • vītaśokaḥ -
  • vītaśoka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “tava krameṇaiva tato jano'yaṃ mukto bhaviṣyatyatha vītaśokaḥ
  • tava -
  • yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive single]
  • krameṇai -
  • krameṇa (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    krama (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • tato* -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • jano' -
  • janas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    jana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    janu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • ayam -
  • aya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mukto* -
  • mukta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √muc class 6 verb]
    muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √muc class 1 verb]
    muj -> mukta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √muj class 1 verb]
  • bhaviṣyatya -
  • bhaviṣyat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhaviṣyat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [future active third single]
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • vītaśokaḥ -
  • vītaśoka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.62.20

Cover of edition (1891)

Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)

[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.

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Preview of verse 4.62.20 in Gujarati sript:
હિતં મહાસત્ત્વતયાત્મતત્ત્વં વિધાય બુદ્ધ્યા ભવ વીતશોકઃ ।
તવ ક્રમેણૈવ તતો જનોઽયં મુક્તો ભવિષ્યત્યથ વીતશોકઃ ॥ ૨૦ ॥

Cover of edition (2019)

Vasishtha Rama Samvadam (Telugu)
by Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad (2019)

Set of 4 Volumes; 9789383972142.

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Preview of verse 4.62.20 in Telugu sript:
హితం మహాసత్త్వతయాత్మతత్త్వం విధాయ బుద్ధ్యా భవ వీతశోకః ।
తవ క్రమేణైవ తతో జనోఽయం ముక్తో భవిష్యత్యథ వీతశోకః ॥ ౨౦ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

The Yogavasistha (Hindi translation)
by Khemraj Shrikrishnadass (2009)

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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