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 5.43.21

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अभ्यासयत्नौ प्रथमं मुख्यो विधिरुदाहृतः ।
तदभावे तु गौणः स्यात्पूज्यपूजामयक्रमः ॥ २१ ॥

abhyāsayatnau prathamaṃ mukhyo vidhirudāhṛtaḥ |
tadabhāve tu gauṇaḥ syātpūjyapūjāmayakramaḥ || 21 ||

Practice and diligence are said to be steps to self-edification, and rites and ceremonies are represented as secondary courses resorted to for want of the former!
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 (5.43.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Abhyasa, Yatna, Prathamam, Prathama, Mukhya, Vidhi, Udahrita, Tada, Bhava, Gauna, Syat, Sya, Pujyapuja, Aya, Krama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.43.21). 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: “abhyāsayatnau prathamaṃ mukhyo vidhirudāhṛtaḥ ”
abhyāsa -
abhyāsa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
yatnau -
yatna (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
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]
mukhyo* -
mukhya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vidhir -
vidhi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

vidhi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
udāhṛtaḥ -
udāhṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “tadabhāve tu gauṇaḥ syātpūjyapūjāmayakramaḥ ”
tada -
tada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhāve -
bhāva (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
gauṇaḥ -
gauṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
syāt -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
pūjyapūjām -
pūjyapūjā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

e (noun, masculine)

[compound]
kramaḥ -
krama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]