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 5.75.52

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यो जीवति गतस्नेहः स जीवन्मुक्त उच्यते ।
सस्नेहजीवितो बद्धो मुक्त एव तृतीयकः ॥ ५२ ॥

yo jīvati gatasnehaḥ sa jīvanmukta ucyate |
sasnehajīvito baddho mukta eva tṛtīyakaḥ || 52 ||

He who lives in perfect apathy and without his affection for any body, is called the living liberated man; but the life which is bound by its affections is said to be in bondage, or else it is free as air.
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 (5.75.52). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Jivat, Gata, Sneha, Jivanmukta, Ucyat, Sasneha, Jivita, Baddha, Mukta, Eva, Tritiyaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.75.52). 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: “yo jīvati gatasnehaḥ sa jīvanmukta ucyate ”
yo* -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jīvati -
jīvat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

jīvat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√jīv -> jīvat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √jīv class 1 verb]

√jīv -> jīvat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √jīv class 1 verb]

√jīv (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
gata -
gata (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

gata (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
snehaḥ -
sneha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jīvanmukta* -
jīvanmukta (noun, masculine)

[nominative 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]
Line 2: “sasnehajīvito baddho mukta eva tṛtīyakaḥ ”
sasneha -
sasneha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sasneha (noun, neuter)

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

[nominative single]

√jīv -> jīvita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
baddho* -
baddha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mukta* -
mukta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √muc class 6 verb]

√muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √muc class 1 verb]

√muj -> mukta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √muj class 1 verb]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tṛtīyakaḥ -
tṛtīyaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]