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 6.3.3

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जीवोऽयं वासनादीदमिति चित्कचति स्वतः ।
इतरोक्त्यर्थयोरत्र कः प्रसङ्गोऽङ्ग कथ्यताम् ॥ ३ ॥

jīvo'yaṃ vāsanādīdamiti citkacati svataḥ |
itaroktyarthayoratra kaḥ prasaṅgo'ṅga kathyatām || 3 ||

It is the Intellect which manifests itself in the forms of living soul or jiva, mind and its desires, and the world and all things; say then what else can it be, to which all these properties are to be attributed.
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 (6.3.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jiva, Aya, Idam, Vasana, Iti, Cit, Kacat, Svatah, Itara, Ukti, Uktya, Artha, Atra, Kah, Prasanga, Anga,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.3.3). 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: “jīvo'yaṃ vāsanādīdamiti citkacati svataḥ ”
jīvo' -
jīva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vāsanād -
vāsana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

vāsana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ī -
i (noun, masculine)

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

ī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
cit -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
kacati -
√kac -> kacat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √kac class 1 verb]

√kac -> kacat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √kac class 1 verb]

√kac (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
svataḥ -
svataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “itaroktyarthayoratra kaḥ prasaṅgo'ṅga kathyatām ”
itaro -
itara (noun, neuter)

[compound]

itarā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
uktya -
ukti (noun, feminine)

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

uktya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

uktya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
arthayor -
artha (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

artha (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]
atra -
atra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

atra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

atra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kaḥ -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prasaṅgo' -
prasaṅga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
aṅga -
aṅga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aṅga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√aṅg (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
kathyatām -
√kath (verb class 10)

[imperative passive third single]