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 5.6.1

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श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
इमं विश्वपरिस्पन्दं करोमीत्यस्तवासनम् ।
प्रवर्तते यः कार्येषु स मुक्त इति मे मतिः ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
imaṃ viśvaparispandaṃ karomītyastavāsanam |
pravartate yaḥ kāryeṣu sa mukta iti me matiḥ || 1 ||

Vasishtha continued:—In my opinion, a man is liberated who does his works from a sense of his duty, and without any desire of his own or sense of his own agency in it.
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 (5.6.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shri, Vasishtha, Idam, Vishva, Parispanda, Itya, Yushmad, Asana, Pravarta, Tad, Yah, Karya, Mukta, Iti, Asmad, Mati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.6.1). 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: “śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ”
śrī -
śrī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

śrī (noun, masculine)

[compound]
vasiṣṭha* -
vasiṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “imaṃ viśvaparispandaṃ karomītyastavāsanam ”
imam -
idam (pronoun, masculine)

[accusative single]
viśva -
viśva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

viśva (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
parispandam -
parispanda (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
karomī -
√kṛ (verb class 8)

[present active first single]
ityas -
itya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√i -> itya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb]
tavā -
yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive single]
asanam -
asana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

asana (noun, neuter)

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

asanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√san (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first single]
Line 3: “pravartate yaḥ kāryeṣu sa mukta iti me matiḥ ”
pravarta -
pravarta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
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]
yaḥ -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kāryeṣu -
kārya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

kārya (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[locative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)

[locative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[locative plural from √kṛ class 3 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 6 verb]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)

[locative plural from √kṛ class 3 verb], [locative plural from √kṛ class 6 verb]

√kṝ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[locative plural from √kṝ class 5 verb], [locative plural from √kṝ class 9 verb]

√kṝ -> kārya (participle, neuter)

[locative plural from √kṝ class 5 verb], [locative plural from √kṝ class 9 verb]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mukta* -
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]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
me -
ma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

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

mā (noun, feminine)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
matiḥ -
mati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

mati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]