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 5.53.6

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चितो न जीवितेनार्थः सर्वात्मा सर्वजीवितम् ।
किं प्राप्स्यति कदात्मैषा प्रायता यदि जीवितम् ॥ ६ ॥

cito na jīvitenārthaḥ sarvātmā sarvajīvitam |
kiṃ prāpsyati kadātmaiṣā prāyatā yadi jīvitam || 6 ||

What means the life and death of the intellect, which is the soul and life of all existence: what else can we expect of the intellect, when it is extended through and gives life to all?
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 (5.53.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Cit, Cita, Jivita, Artha, Sarvatman, Sarvatma, Sarvajivin, Kim, Pra, Kada, Asmad, Prayata, Yadi, Yad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.53.6). 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: “cito na jīvitenārthaḥ sarvātmā sarvajīvitam ”
cito* -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

cita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jīvitenā -
jīvita (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

jīvita (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

√jīv -> jīvita (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √jīv class 1 verb]

√jīv -> jīvita (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √jīv class 1 verb]
arthaḥ -
artha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sarvātmā -
sarvātman (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sarvātmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
sarvajīvi -
sarvajīvin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

sarvajīvin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
tam -
ta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

tan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “kiṃ prāpsyati kadātmaiṣā prāyatā yadi jīvitam ”
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
prā -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

prā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]

prā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
āpsyati -
√āp (verb class 5)

[future active third single]
kadāt -
kada (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]
aiṣā -
prāyatā* -
prāyatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yadi -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
jīvitam -
jīvita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

jīvita (noun, neuter)

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

jīvitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√jīv -> jīvita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]

√jīv -> jīvita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √jīv class 1 verb], [accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]