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 6.17.3

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तृणवद्दृष्टसकलः प्रमेयीकृतसंसृतिः ।
लोकाजवं जवीभावे दृष्टज्ञानपरावरः ॥ ३ ॥

tṛṇavaddṛṣṭasakalaḥ prameyīkṛtasaṃsṛtiḥ |
lokājavaṃ javībhāve dṛṣṭajñānaparāvaraḥ || 3 ||

He looked on all things as they were mere straws before him, and weighted the lives of men in proportion to their enjoyments, and by the ratio of their rations on earth, he had the knowledge of the knowables and the unknowable one.
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 (6.17.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Trinavat, Drishta, Sakala, Loka, Javin, Jnanapara, Ara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.17.3). 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: “tṛṇavaddṛṣṭasakalaḥ prameyīkṛtasaṃsṛtiḥ ”
tṛṇavad -
tṛṇavat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

tṛṇavat (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

dṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[compound from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[compound from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]

√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
sakalaḥ -
sakala (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Cannot analyse prameyīkṛtasaṃsṛtiḥ
Line 2: “lokājavaṃ javībhāve dṛṣṭajñānaparāvaraḥ ”
lokā -
loka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ajavam -
√jū (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first single]
javī -
javin (noun, masculine)

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

javin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ibhāve -
dṛṣṭa -
dṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[compound from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[compound from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]

√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
jñānaparāva -
jñānapara (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
araḥ -
ara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]