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 5.82.61

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खड्गप्रहारविच्छेदक्रियायां पुंसि शक्तता ।
न खड्गे सुजडे चित्त सर्वाङ्गेष्वपि शक्तता ॥ ६१ ॥

khaḍgaprahāravicchedakriyāyāṃ puṃsi śaktatā |
na khaḍge sujaḍe citta sarvāṅgeṣvapi śaktatā || 61 ||

The sword has the power of slaying men, but by means of the agency of the swordsman; otherwise the dull instrument has no power in any part of its body, to inflict a wound on another.
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 (5.82.61). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Khadgaprahara, Viccheda, Kriya, Pums, Pumsi, Shakta, Tan, Khadga, Jada, Citta, Sarvanga, Api,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.82.61). 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: “khaḍgaprahāravicchedakriyāyāṃ puṃsi śaktatā ”
khaḍgaprahāra -
khaḍgaprahāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
viccheda -
viccheda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
kriyāyām -
kriyā (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
puṃsi -
puṃsī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

puṃs (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
śakta -
śakta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śakta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√śac -> śakta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √śac class 1 verb]

√śac -> śakta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √śac class 1 verb]

√śak -> śakta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √śak class 5 verb]

√śak -> śakta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √śak class 5 verb]
tā -
tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

tan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “na khaḍge sujaḍe citta sarvāṅgeṣvapi śaktatā ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
khaḍge -
khaḍga (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

khaḍga (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
su -
sū (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

sū (noun, neuter)

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

sū (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

so (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
jaḍe -
jaḍa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

jaḍa (noun, neuter)

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

jaḍā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
citta -
citta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

citta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√cit (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
sarvāṅgeṣva -
sarvāṅga (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

sarvāṅga (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
śakta -
śakta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śakta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√śac -> śakta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √śac class 1 verb]

√śac -> śakta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √śac class 1 verb]

√śak -> śakta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √śak class 5 verb]

√śak -> śakta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √śak class 5 verb]
tā -
tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

tan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]