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 5.18.29

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अबद्धस्यैकरूपस्य सर्वगस्यात्मनः कथम् ।
बन्धः स्यात्तदभावे तु मोक्षः कस्य विधीयते ॥ २९ ॥

abaddhasyaikarūpasya sarvagasyātmanaḥ katham |
bandhaḥ syāttadabhāve tu mokṣaḥ kasya vidhīyate || 29 ||

The unobstructed, uniform and all pervading soul, can have no restriction or bondage; and what is unrestricted in itself, cannot have its release also.
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 (5.18.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Abaddha, Ekarupa, Sarvaga, Atman, Katham, Katha, Bandha, Syat, Sya, Tada, Bhava, Moksha, Kah, Kim, Vidh, Vidhi, Iyat, Iyata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.18.29). 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: “abaddhasyaikarūpasya sarvagasyātmanaḥ katham ”
abaddhasyai -
abaddha (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

abaddha (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
ekarūpasya -
ekarūpa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ekarūpa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
sarvagasyā -
sarvaga (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

sarvaga (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
ātmanaḥ -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
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]
Line 2: “bandhaḥ syāttadabhāve tu mokṣaḥ kasya vidhīyate ”
bandhaḥ -
bandha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
syāt -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
tada -
tada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhāve -
bhāva (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
mokṣaḥ -
mokṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kasya -
√kas -> kasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kas]

ka (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ka (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]
vidhī -
vidhi (noun, feminine)

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

vidhi (noun, masculine)

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

vidhī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

vidhī (noun, feminine)

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

vidhī (noun, neuter)

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

vidh (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vidh (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
iyate -
iyat (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

iyat (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

iyatā (noun, feminine)

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

√i (verb class 2)

[present middle third plural]