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 5.43.15

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गुरुश्चेदुद्धरत्यज्ञमात्मीयात्पौरुषादृते ।
उष्ट्रं दान्तं बलीवर्दं तत्कस्मान्नोद्धरत्यसौ ॥ १५ ॥

guruśceduddharatyajñamātmīyātpauruṣādṛte |
uṣṭraṃ dāntaṃ balīvardaṃ tatkasmānnoddharatyasau || 15 ||

It requires no exertion or manly effort to see the figure of Vishnu;but the mere sight of the image is not sufficient to save you, or else the birds and beasts would all be saved by looking at it.
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 (5.43.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Guru, Ced, Ajna, Atmiya, Paurusha, Rite, Rita, Riti, Ushtra, Danta, Tat, Tad, Kasmat, Kah, Kim, Nri, Asi, Asu, Adah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.43.15). 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: “guruśceduddharatyajñamātmīyātpauruṣādṛte ”
guruś -
guru (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ced -
ced (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ced (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ud -
ud (Preverb)

[Preverb]
dharatya -
√dhṛ (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
ajñam -
ajña (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ajña (noun, neuter)

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

ajñā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ātmīyāt -
ātmīya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

ātmīya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
pauruṣād -
pauruṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

pauruṣa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ṛte -
ṛte (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ṛte (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ṛta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ṛta (noun, neuter)

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

ṛtā (noun, feminine)

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

ṛti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ṛti (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
Line 2: “uṣṭraṃ dāntaṃ balīvardaṃ tatkasmānnoddharatyasau ”
uṣṭram -
uṣṭra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
dāntam -
dānta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dānta (noun, neuter)

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

dāntā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Cannot analyse balīvardam*ta
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
kasmān -
kasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ka (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[ablative single]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[ablative single]
no -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

nu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
ud -
ud (Preverb)

[Preverb]
dharatya -
√dhṛ (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
asau -
asi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

asi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

asu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]