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 5.53.14

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एवं किमाकृतिः को वा किमादेशश्च किंकृतः ।
किंरूपः किंमयः कोहं किं गृह्णामि त्यजामि किम् ॥ १४ ॥

evaṃ kimākṛtiḥ ko vā kimādeśaśca kiṃkṛtaḥ |
kiṃrūpaḥ kiṃmayaḥ kohaṃ kiṃ gṛhṇāmi tyajāmi kim || 14 ||

Now tell me which of these is the ego, what is it and what its form;what is its genus and what are its attributes; what is its appearance and of what ingredients it is composed? What am I and what shall I take it to be, and what reject as not itself?
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 (5.53.14). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evam, Eva, Kim, Akriti, Kah, Adesha, Krit, Krita, Kimrupa, Maya, Mayas, Uha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.53.14). 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: “evaṃ kimākṛtiḥ ko vā kimādeśaśca kiṃkṛtaḥ ”
evam -
evam (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

evam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

eva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

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

evā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
ākṛtiḥ -
ākṛti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ākṛti (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ko* -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
ādeśaś -
ādeśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kiṅ -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
kṛtaḥ -
kṛt (noun, masculine)

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

kṛt (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

kṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[present active third dual]
Line 2: “kiṃrūpaḥ kiṃmayaḥ kohaṃ kiṃ gṛhṇāmi tyajāmi kim ”
kiṃrūpaḥ -
kiṃrūpa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kiṃ -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
mayaḥ -
mayas (noun, neuter)

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

maya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ko -
kā (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ku (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ūham -
ūha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ūhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
gṛhṇāmi -
√grah (verb class 9)

[present active first single]
tyajāmi -
√tyaj (verb class 1)

[present active first single]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]