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 5.49.31

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द्रष्टानुभूतमप्यर्थं कदाचिद्विस्मरत्यलम् ।
कदाचिदप्यदृष्टं तु चेतः पश्यति दृष्टवत् ॥ ३१ ॥

draṣṭānubhūtamapyarthaṃ kadācidvismaratyalam |
kadācidapyadṛṣṭaṃ tu cetaḥ paśyati dṛṣṭavat || 31 ||

Things which are seen or thought of once, can hardly escape from the memory; and it sometimes happens that the mind comes to see many things in its imagination, which it has never seen before its eyes.
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 (5.49.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Drashtri, Drashta, Anubhuta, Api, Apya, Artha, Kadacit, Smarat, Alam, Ala, Adrishta, Cetri, Cetas, Ceta, Pashyat, Drishtavat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.49.31). 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: “draṣṭānubhūtamapyarthaṃ kadācidvismaratyalam ”
draṣṭā -
draṣṭṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

draṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√dṛś (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
anubhūtam -
anubhūta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

anubhūta (noun, neuter)

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

anubhūtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
apya -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

apya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ap (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
artham -
artha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
kadācid -
kadācit (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]
vi -
vi (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

vi (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

vi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vi (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

ve (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

vī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

vī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

vī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

vi (Preverb)

[Preverb]
smaratya -
√smṛ -> smarat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]

√smṛ -> smarat (participle, neuter)

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

√smṛ (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
alam -
alam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ala (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “kadācidapyadṛṣṭaṃ tu cetaḥ paśyati dṛṣṭavat ”
kadācid -
kadācit (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]
apya -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

apya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ap (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
adṛṣṭam -
adṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

adṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)

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

adṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
cetaḥ -
cetas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

cetṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

ceta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
paśyati -
paśyat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

paśyat (noun, neuter)

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

[compound]

√dṛś -> dṛṣṭavat (participle, masculine)

[compound from √dṛś]

dṛṣṭavat (noun, neuter)

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

√dṛś -> dṛṣṭavat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √dṛś class 1 verb], [vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb], [accusative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]