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 5.52.56

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शब्दशक्तिं गते श्रोत्रे वराके स्वार्थपीडिते ।
तदहंकारदुःखस्य निर्बीजस्य क आगमः ॥ ५६ ॥

śabdaśaktiṃ gate śrotre varāke svārthapīḍite |
tadahaṃkāraduḥkhasya nirbījasya ka āgamaḥ || 56 ||

You often hear that word ringing in your ears, though you feel it to be an empty sound as air, and cannot account whence this rootless word had its rise.
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 (5.52.56). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shabdashakti, Gat, Gata, Gati, Shrotri, Shrotra, Varaka, Svartha, Pidita, Tada, Ham, Kara, Duhkha, Nirbija, Kah, Agama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.52.56). 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: “śabdaśaktiṃ gate śrotre varāke svārthapīḍite ”
śabdaśaktim -
śabdaśakti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
gate -
gat (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

gat (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

gata (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

gata (noun, neuter)

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

gatā (noun, feminine)

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

gati (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

gati (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
śrotre -
śrotṛ (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

śrotra (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
varāke -
varāka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

varāka (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

svārtha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pīḍite -
pīḍita (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

pīḍita (noun, neuter)

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

pīḍitā (noun, feminine)

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

√pīḍ -> pīḍita (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √pīḍ class 10 verb]

√pīḍ -> pīḍita (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √pīḍ class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √pīḍ class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √pīḍ class 10 verb], [locative single from √pīḍ class 10 verb]

√pīḍ -> pīḍitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √pīḍ class 10 verb], [vocative single from √pīḍ class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √pīḍ class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √pīḍ class 10 verb]
Line 2: “tadahaṃkāraduḥkhasya nirbījasya ka āgamaḥ ”
tada -
tada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
haṅ -
ham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

han (noun, neuter)

[adverb]
kāra -
kāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kāra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
duḥkhasya -
duḥkha (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

duḥkha (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
nirbījasya -
nirbīja (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

nirbīja (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
ka* -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
āgamaḥ -
āgama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]