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 5.47.22

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अतिथिरुवाच ।
ममातिकार्श्यश्रमयोर्भगवन् श्रृणु कारणम् ।
कथयामि तथाभूतं वयं नासत्यवादिनः ॥ २२ ॥

atithiruvāca |
mamātikārśyaśramayorbhagavan śrṛṇu kāraṇam |
kathayāmi tathābhūtaṃ vayaṃ nāsatyavādinaḥ || 22 ||

The guest replied:—Hear me sir, relate to you the cause both of my leanness and weariness, and I will tell you the true facts, and not as a travelling teller of tales deals and lies.
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 (5.47.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atithi, Mama, Tika, Arshin, Ashrama, Bhagavat, Bhagavan, Karana, Tathabhuta, Vaya, Asmad, Nasatya, Nasat, Avadin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.47.22). 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: “atithiruvāca ”
atithir -
atithi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “mamātikārśyaśramayorbhagavan śrṛṇu kāraṇam ”
mamā -
mamā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tikā -
tika (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
arśya -
arśin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]

arśin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
aśramayor -
aśrama (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

aśrama (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

aśramā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]
bhagavan -
bhagavat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

bhagavan (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
Cannot analyse śrṛṇu*kā
kāraṇam -
kāraṇa (noun, neuter)

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

kāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 3: “kathayāmi tathābhūtaṃ vayaṃ nāsatyavādinaḥ ”
kathayāmi -
√kath (verb class 10)

[present active first single]
tathābhūtam -
tathābhūta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tathābhūta (noun, neuter)

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

tathābhūtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vayam -
vaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vayā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative dual]
nāsatya -
nāsatya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nāsatya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√nās -> nāsat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √nās class 1 verb]

√nās -> nāsat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √nās class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √nās class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √nās class 1 verb], [locative single from √nās class 1 verb]

√nās (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
avādinaḥ -
avādin (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

avādin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]