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 5.50.28

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स्वानुभूतानि दुःखानि स्वात्मैव त्यक्तुमिच्छति ।
तेनात्मैवात्मविज्ञाने हेतुरेकः परः स्मृतः ॥ २८ ॥

svānubhūtāni duḥkhāni svātmaiva tyaktumicchati |
tenātmaivātmavijñāne heturekaḥ paraḥ smṛtaḥ || 28 ||

As the soul naturally desires to get rid of things, which it has come to know to be attended with pain to it; so the soul is the sole cause of knowing the Supreme.
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 (5.50.28). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sva, Svan, Anubhuta, Duhkha, Svatman, Svatma, Icchat, Tena, Asmad, Eva, Vijnana, Hetri, Hetu, Eka, Parah, Para, Smrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.50.28). 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: “svānubhūtāni duḥkhāni svātmaiva tyaktumicchati ”
svā -
sva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

svan (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

svan (noun, neuter)

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

sva (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

svā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
anubhūtāni -
anubhūta (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
duḥkhāni -
duḥkha (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
svātmai -
svātman (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

svātmā (noun, feminine)

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

[imperfect active first dual]
tyaktum -
√tyaj -> tyaktum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √tyaj]
icchati -
√iṣ -> icchat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √iṣ class 6 verb]

√iṣ -> icchat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √iṣ class 6 verb]

√iṣ (verb class 6)

[present active third single]
Line 2: “tenātmaivātmavijñāne heturekaḥ paraḥ smṛtaḥ ”
tenāt -
tena (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
mai -
mā (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

ma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

mā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative single]
evāt -
eva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ma -
ma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vijñāne -
vijñāna (noun, neuter)

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

vijñānā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
hetur -
hetṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

hetu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ekaḥ -
eka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
paraḥ -
paraḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

para (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
smṛtaḥ -
smṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]