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 5.62.4

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सुरघुरुवाच ।
एतन्मे ब्रूहि भगवन्सर्वसंकल्पवर्जितम् ।
परमोपशमं श्रेयः समाधिर्हि किमुच्यते ॥ ४ ॥

suraghuruvāca |
etanme brūhi bhagavansarvasaṃkalpavarjitam |
paramopaśamaṃ śreyaḥ samādhirhi kimucyate || 4 ||

Suraghu replied:—Tell me sir, what you mean by the abandonment of all desires; and what is meant by that perfect lethargy, which they call as transcendental coma or trance.
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 (5.62.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sura, Ghu, Etad, Asmad, Bhagavat, Bhagavan, Sarvasankalpa, Varjita, Parama, Upashama, Shreyah, Shreyas, Shreya, Samadhi, Kim, Ucyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.62.4). 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: “suraghuruvāca ”
sura -
sura (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sura (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sur (verb class 6)

[imperative active second single]
ghur -
ghu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “etanme brūhi bhagavansarvasaṃkalpavarjitam ”
etan -
etad (noun, masculine)

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

etad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
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]
brūhi -
√brū (verb class 2)

[imperative active second single]
bhagavan -
bhagavat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

bhagavan (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

sarvasaṅkalpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
varjitam -
varjita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

varjita (noun, neuter)

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

varjitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 3: “paramopaśamaṃ śreyaḥ samādhirhi kimucyate ”
paramo -
parama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

parama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

paramā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
upaśamam -
upaśama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
śreyaḥ -
śreyaḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

śreyas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

śreyas (noun, neuter)

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

√śrā -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śrā class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 4 verb]

√śrai -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śrai class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 4 verb]

√śri -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śri class 1 verb]

√śrī -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śrī class 9 verb]
samādhir -
samādhi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
ucyate -
√uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]

√uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]

√vac (verb class 2)

[present passive third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[present passive third single]