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 5.56.6

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कश्चिदेकान्तमाश्रित्य समाधिनियतः स्थितः ।
तयोस्तु कतरः श्रेयानिति मे भगवन्वद ॥ ६ ॥

kaścidekāntamāśritya samādhiniyataḥ sthitaḥ |
tayostu kataraḥ śreyāniti me bhagavanvada || 6 ||

And another who remains in his solitary devotion, apart from worldly connections; which of these two has greater merit:
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 (5.56.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kah, Cidi, Kanta, Ashritya, Samadhin, Samadhini, Yatah, Yat, Yata, Sthita, Tad, Katara, Shreyas, Shreya, Iti, Asmad, Bhagavat, Bhagavan, Vada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.56.6). 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: “kaścidekāntamāśritya samādhiniyataḥ sthitaḥ ”
kaś -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cide -
cidi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

cidi (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
kāntam -
kānta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kānta (noun, neuter)

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

kāntā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√kam -> kānta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √kam class 1 verb]

√kam -> kānta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √kam class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kam class 1 verb]
āśritya -
āśritya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

āśritya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

āśritya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
samādhini -
samādhinī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

samādhin (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

samādhin (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
yataḥ -
yataḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yat (noun, masculine)

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

yat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

yata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √i class 2 verb], [ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]

√yam -> yata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √yam class 1 verb]
sthitaḥ -
sthita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
Line 2: “tayostu kataraḥ śreyāniti me bhagavanvada ”
tayos -
ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

tā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

sā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
kataraḥ -
katara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śreyān -
śreyas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√śrā -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √śrā class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √śrā class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √śrā class 4 verb]

√śrai -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √śrai class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √śrai class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √śrai class 4 verb]

√śri -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √śri class 1 verb]

√śrī -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √śrī class 9 verb]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
me -
ma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

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

mā (noun, feminine)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
bhagavan -
bhagavat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

bhagavan (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
vada -
vada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vad (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]