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 5.36.20

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वेदवेदान्तसिद्धान्ततर्कपौराणगीतिभिः ।
यो गीतः स कथं ह्यात्मा विज्ञातो याति विस्मृतिं ॥ २० ॥

vedavedāntasiddhāntatarkapaurāṇagītibhiḥ |
yo gītaḥ sa kathaṃ hyātmā vijñāto yāti vismṛtiṃ || 20 ||

How can the supreme spirit, which is well known to us by means of the teachings of the Vedas, Vedanta, Sidhantas and the Puranas, as also by the Logic of schools and the hymns of the Vedas, be any way forgotten by us?
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 (5.36.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Veda, Vedantasiddhanta, Tarka, Paurana, Giti, Gitin, Yah, Gita, Katham, Katha, Atma, Vijnatri, Vijnata, Yat, Yati, Vismriti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.36.20). 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: “vedavedāntasiddhāntatarkapaurāṇagītibhiḥ ”
veda -
veda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vid (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
vedāntasiddhānta -
vedāntasiddhānta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
tarka -
tarka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tarka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
paurāṇa -
paurāṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

paurāṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
gītibhiḥ -
gīti (noun, feminine)

[instrumental plural]

gītin (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

gītin (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “yo gītaḥ sa kathaṃ hyātmā vijñāto yāti vismṛtiṃ ”
yo* -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
gītaḥ -
gīta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative 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]
hyā -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
ātmā* -
ātmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vijñāto* -
vijñātṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

vijñāta (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [adverb]

yāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

yāti (noun, neuter)

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

yāt (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yāt (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√yā (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
vismṛtim -
vismṛti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]