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 5.40.18

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ग्राह्यग्राहकसंबन्धप्रमितावयविक्रमैः ।
हीनः प्रमेयावयवैः किं गृह्णातु जहातु किम् ॥ १८ ॥

grāhyagrāhakasaṃbandhapramitāvayavikramaiḥ |
hīnaḥ prameyāvayavaiḥ kiṃ gṛhṇātu jahātu kim || 18 ||

It is for limited understandings and limited powers of the body and mind, to grasp or leave out some thing; but to men of unbounded capacities, there is nothing to be received or left out.
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 (5.40.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Grahya, Grahaka, Sambandha, Pramita, Pramiti, Aya, Vikrama, Hina, Prameya, Ayava, Kim,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.40.18). 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: “grāhyagrāhakasaṃbandhapramitāvayavikramaiḥ ”
grāhya -
grāhya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

grāhya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√grah -> grāhya (participle, masculine)

[compound from √grah]

√grah -> grāhya (participle, neuter)

[compound from √grah]

√grah -> grāhya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √grah]

√grah -> grāhya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √grah class 9 verb], [vocative single from √grah]

√grah -> grāhya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √grah class 9 verb], [vocative single from √grah]
grāhaka -
grāhaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

grāhaka (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

sambandha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pramitāva -
pramita (noun, masculine)

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

pramiti (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
aya -
aya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

e (noun, masculine)

[compound]
vikramaiḥ -
vikrama (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “hīnaḥ prameyāvayavaiḥ kiṃ gṛhṇātu jahātu kim ”
hīnaḥ -
hīna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√hā -> hīna (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √hā class 1 verb], [nominative single from √hā class 3 verb]
prameyāva -
prameya (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ayavaiḥ -
ayava (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

ayava (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
gṛhṇātu -
√grah (verb class 9)

[imperative active third single]
jahātu -
√hā (verb class 3)

[imperative active third single]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]