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 5.89.9

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जीवन्मुक्तशरीराणां कथमात्मविदां वर ।
शक्तयो नेह दृश्यन्ते आकाशगमनादिकाः ॥ ९ ॥

jīvanmuktaśarīrāṇāṃ kathamātmavidāṃ vara |
śaktayo neha dṛśyante ākāśagamanādikāḥ || 9 ||

Tell me Sir, that art best acquainted with spiritual knowledge, why the bodies of living liberated persons, are not to be seen to mount to the skies.
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 (5.89.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jivanmukta, Sharira, Katham, Katha, Atmavid, Atmavida, Vara, Shakti, Akashagamana, Adika,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.89.9). 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: “jīvanmuktaśarīrāṇāṃ kathamātmavidāṃ vara ”
jīvanmukta -
jīvanmukta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

jīvanmukta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śarīrāṇām -
śarīra (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ātmavidām -
ātmavid (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

ātmavid (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

ātmavidā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
vara -
vara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vṛ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Line 2: “śaktayo neha dṛśyante ākāśagamanādikāḥ ”
śaktayo* -
śakti (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śakti (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
neha -
√nah (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]
dṛśyante -
√dṛś (verb class 1)

[present passive third plural]
ākāśagamanā -
ākāśagamana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
adikāḥ -
adika (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]