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 5.14.38

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न तिर्यक्समधर्माण उपदेश्या नरा भुवि ।
कथार्थकथनेनार्थः कः स्थाणुनिकटे वने ॥ ३८ ॥

na tiryaksamadharmāṇa upadeśyā narā bhuvi |
kathārthakathanenārthaḥ kaḥ sthāṇunikaṭe vane || 38 ||

It is useless to give advice to the ignorant, who are no better than beasts in their understandings; as it is fruitless to talk to a rock or block of wood or stone in the wilderness.
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 (5.14.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tiryak, Samadharma, Upadeshya, Nara, Bhu, Katha, Artha, Kathana, Kah, Sthanu, Kata, Kati, Vana, Vani,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.14.38). 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: “na tiryaksamadharmāṇa upadeśyā narā bhuvi ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tiryak -
tiryak (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
samadharmā -
samadharma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

samadharma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

samadharmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
āṇa* -
√aṇ (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]
upadeśyā* -
upadeśya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

upadeśyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
narā* -
nara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

narā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
bhuvi -
bhū (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhū (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
Line 2: “kathārthakathanenārthaḥ kaḥ sthāṇunikaṭe vane ”
kathā -
katha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kathā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√arth (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
kathanenā -
kathana (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

kathana (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
arthaḥ -
artha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kaḥ -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sthāṇuni -
sthāṇu (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
kaṭe -
kaṭa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

kaṭa (noun, neuter)

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

kaṭi (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

kaṭā (noun, feminine)

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

√kaṭ (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
vane -
vana (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vana (noun, neuter)

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

vanā (noun, feminine)

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

vani (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

vani (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]