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 5.17.18

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निश्चयेषु चतुर्ष्वेषु बन्धाय प्रथमः स्मृतः ।
त्रयो मोक्षाय कथिताः शुद्धभावनयोत्थिताः ॥ १८ ॥

niścayeṣu caturṣveṣu bandhāya prathamaḥ smṛtaḥ |
trayo mokṣāya kathitāḥ śuddhabhāvanayotthitāḥ || 18 ||

Of these four kinds of beliefs, the first is the leader to bondage;while the three others growing from purity of thought, lead to the path of liberation.
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 (5.17.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nishcaya, Shu, Idam, Bandha, Prathama, Smrita, Traya, Tri, Moksha, Kathita, Shuddhabhava, Naya, Utthita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.17.18). 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: “niścayeṣu caturṣveṣu bandhāya prathamaḥ smṛtaḥ ”
niścayeṣu -
niścaya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
catur -
catur (noun, masculine)

[compound]
ṣve -
ṣu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

ṣū (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
eṣu -
e (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[locative plural]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[locative plural]
bandhāya -
bandha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
prathamaḥ -
prathama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
smṛtaḥ -
smṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
Line 2: “trayo mokṣāya kathitāḥ śuddhabhāvanayotthitāḥ ”
trayo* -
traya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

tri (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
mokṣāya -
mokṣa (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
kathitāḥ -
kathita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kathitā (noun, feminine)

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

√kath -> kathita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √kath class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √kath class 10 verb]

√kath -> kathitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √kath class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √kath class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √kath class 10 verb]
śuddhabhāva -
śuddhabhāva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śuddhabhāva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nayo -
naya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

naya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

nayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√nay (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]

√nī (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
utthitāḥ -
utthita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

utthitā (noun, feminine)

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