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 6.13.2

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प्राणस्पन्दनिरोधेन वासनाविलयोदये ।
जीवन्मुक्तपदे ब्रह्मन्वद विश्रम्यते कथम् ॥ २ ॥

prāṇaspandanirodhena vāsanāvilayodaye |
jīvanmuktapade brahmanvada viśramyate katham || 2 ||

But tell me, sir, how a man can have his liberation, by restraining his respirations for a time; and how the restraint of one's breathings, can put a restriction to his desires, which reside and rise from the mind; while it belongs to the body and comes in and out of the heart and lungs.
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 (6.13.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pranaspanda, Nirodha, Vasana, Ila, Udaya, Jivanmukta, Pada, Padi, Pad, Brahma, Brahman, Ada, Vishramya, Tad, Yushmad, Katham, Katha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.13.2). 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: “prāṇaspandanirodhena vāsanāvilayodaye ”
prāṇaspanda -
prāṇaspanda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prāṇaspanda (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nirodhena -
nirodha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
vāsanāvi -
vāsana (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ilayo -
ilā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

√il (verb class 0)

[imperative active second single]
udaye -
udaya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
Line 2: “jīvanmuktapade brahmanvada viśramyate katham ”
jīvanmukta -
jīvanmukta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

jīvanmukta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pade -
pada (noun, neuter)

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

padi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

pad (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

√pad (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
brahma -
brahma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahman (noun, neuter)

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

√brahm (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
nva -
nu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

nu (noun, masculine)

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

nau (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ada -
ada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ada (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

viśramya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
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]