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 5.19.1

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श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
अत्रैवोदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
भ्रात्रोस्त्रिपथगातीरे संवादं मुनिपुत्रयोः ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
atraivodāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam |
bhrātrostripathagātīre saṃvādaṃ muniputrayoḥ || 1 ||

Vasishtha continued:—I will now set before you an example on the subject (of the distinction of friend and foe), in the instance of two brothers, who were born of a sage on the banks of Ganges, going in three directions of tripatha or trisrot as trivia.
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 (5.19.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shri, Vasishtha, Atraiva, Uda, Anti, Hasa, Puratana, Bhratri, Tripathaga, Tira, Samvada, Muniputra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.19.1). 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: “atraivodāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam ”
atraivo -
atraiva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
udā -
uda (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

udan (noun, neuter)

[compound]

√ud (verb class 6)

[imperative active second single]

udā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
āhar -
antīm -
antī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
amiti -
amiti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
hāsam -
hāsa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

hāsā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
purātanam -
purātana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

purātana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 3: “bhrātrostripathagātīre saṃvādaṃ muniputrayoḥ ”
bhrātros -
bhrātṛ (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]
tripathagā -
tripathagā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tīre -
tīra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

tīra (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
saṃvādam -
saṃvāda (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
muniputrayoḥ -
muniputra (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]