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 5.52.39

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वेद तत्त्वां स्वसंवेद्यमाततं दुःखकारणम् ।
विवेकजेन बोधेन तदिदं हन्यसे मया ॥ ३९ ॥

veda tattvāṃ svasaṃvedyamātataṃ duḥkhakāraṇam |
vivekajena bodhena tadidaṃ hanyase mayā || 39 ||

It is unknowable by the light of the Vedas, and its ignorance which is the cause of misery is to be destroyed by the light of reason.
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 (5.52.39). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Veda, Tattva, Svasamvedya, Atata, Duhkhakarana, Vivekaja, Bodha, Tad, Tat, Idam, Maya, Asmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.52.39). 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: “veda tattvāṃ svasaṃvedyamātataṃ duḥkhakāraṇam ”
veda -
veda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vid (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
tattvā -
tattva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
am -
a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
svasaṃvedyam -
svasaṃvedya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

svasaṃvedya (noun, neuter)

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

svasaṃvedyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ātatam -
ātata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ātata (noun, neuter)

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

ātatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√at (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second dual]
duḥkhakāraṇam -
duḥkhakāraṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

duḥkhakāraṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “vivekajena bodhena tadidaṃ hanyase mayā ”
vivekajena -
vivekaja (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vivekaja (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
bodhena -
bodha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

bodha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
hanyase -
√han (verb class 1)

[present passive second single]

√han (verb class 2)

[present passive second single]
mayā -
mā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

mayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[instrumental single]