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 5.43.7

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प्रह्लादनामा प्रथममात्मैव स्वयमात्मना ।
स्वयैव परया शक्त्या विष्णुभक्तौ नियोजितः ॥ ७ ॥

prahlādanāmā prathamamātmaiva svayamātmanā |
svayaiva parayā śaktyā viṣṇubhaktau niyojitaḥ || 7 ||

Prahlada came at first to know the soul by himself (of his own intuition), it was afterwards by means of his intellectual power, that he was led to the persuasion and made many proselytes after his own example.
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 (5.43.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prahladana, Ama, Prathamam, Prathama, Atman, Atma, Svayam, Sva, Para, Shakti, Vishnubhakta, Vishnubhakti, Niyojita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.43.7). 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: “prahlādanāmā prathamamātmaiva svayamātmanā ”
prahlādanā -
prahlādana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prahlādana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
amā -
amā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
prathamam -
prathamam (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

prathamam (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

prathamam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

prathama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prathama (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

prathamā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ātmai -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

ātmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
svayam -
svayam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ātmanā -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “svayaiva parayā śaktyā viṣṇubhaktau niyojitaḥ ”
svayai -
svā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
parayā -
parā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
śaktyā* -
śakti (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

śaktī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
viṣṇubhaktau -
viṣṇubhakta (noun, masculine)

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

viṣṇubhakti (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
niyojitaḥ -
niyojita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]