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 5.5.4

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ये सत्त्वजातयः प्राज्ञास्तथा राजससात्त्विकाः ।
विचारयन्ति ते साधो जगत्पूर्वपरम्पराम् ॥ ४ ॥

ye sattvajātayaḥ prājñāstathā rājasasāttvikāḥ |
vicārayanti te sādho jagatpūrvaparamparām || 4 ||

But wise men of good dispositions (or satvika natures), and those of the mixed natures of goodness and action (rajasa-satvika), always think about the structure of the world, and its prior and posterior states.
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 (5.5.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Yat, Sattva, Jati, Jataya, Prajna, Tatha, Rajasa, Sattvika, Vicara, Tad, Yushmad, Sadha, Jagat, Purva, Parampara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.5.4). 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: “ye sattvajātayaḥ prājñāstathā rājasasāttvikāḥ ”
ye -
ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
sattva -
sattva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sattva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jātayaḥ -
jāti (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

jātaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prājñās -
prājña (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

prājñā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tathā* -
tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
rājasa -
rājasa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

rājasa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sāttvikāḥ -
sāttvika (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 2: “vicārayanti te sādho jagatpūrvaparamparām ”
vicāra -
vicāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
yanti -
yanti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

yat (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √i class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √i class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √i class 2 verb]

√i (verb class 2)

[present active third plural]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
sādho* -
sādha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jagat -
jagat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

jagat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
pūrva -
pūrva (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

pūrva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pūrva (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
paramparām -
paramparā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]