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 5.2.16

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निवृत्तयानया कः स्याद्गुणो दोषोऽथ वा भवेत् ।
कथमात्मनि चैवायं तते संकोच आगतः ॥ १६ ॥

nivṛttayānayā kaḥ syādguṇo doṣo'tha vā bhavet |
kathamātmani caivāyaṃ tate saṃkoca āgataḥ || 16 ||

What is the good or evil of getting rid of this illusion, and how does it stretch over and overpower on the soul, or is made to leave it by any means in our power?
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 (5.2.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nivritta, Iyam, Idam, Kah, Syat, Sya, Guna, Dosha, Doshas, Dos, Atha, Var, Katham, Katha, Atman, Aya, Tata, Tati, Sankoca, Agata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.2.16). 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: “nivṛttayānayā kaḥ syādguṇo doṣo'tha vā bhavet ”
nivṛttayā -
nivṛttā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
anayā -
iyam (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

idam (pronoun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
kaḥ -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
syād -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
guṇo* -
guṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
doṣo' -
doṣas (noun, neuter)

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

doṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

dos (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vā* -
vār (noun, masculine)

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

vār (noun, neuter)

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

va (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
bhavet -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
Line 2: “kathamātmani caivāyaṃ tate saṃkoca āgataḥ ”
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]
ātmani -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aivā -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tate -
tata (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

tata (noun, neuter)

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

tatā (noun, feminine)

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

tati (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √tan class 8 verb]

√tan -> tata (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √tan class 8 verb], [vocative dual from √tan class 8 verb], [accusative dual from √tan class 8 verb], [locative single from √tan class 8 verb]

√tan -> tatā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √tan class 8 verb], [vocative single from √tan class 8 verb], [vocative dual from √tan class 8 verb], [accusative dual from √tan class 8 verb]
saṅkoca* -
saṅkoca (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
āgataḥ -
āgata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]