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 6.19.34

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चतुर्दशविधान्येनं गृहस्थमिव बान्धवाः ।
उपजीवन्ति भूतानि मिथो दृष्टपुरास्पदम् ॥ ३४ ॥

caturdaśavidhānyenaṃ gṛhasthamiva bāndhavāḥ |
upajīvanti bhūtāni mitho dṛṣṭapurāspadam || 34 ||

There are fourteen kinds of superior beings, inhabiting the supernal sphere of this mountain; and these dwell there with their households and relatives, in their respective circles, without ever seeing the city or citadel of another. (This means the great extent and distance of the several separate ridges from one another. Its fourteen ridges or regions are known as the chaturdasa—vhuvanas, and fourteen peoples are included under the title of thirteen classes of celestials—troadasa-gana-devatas. These are the brahmarshis, Rajarshis, Devarshis, Devas, Pitris, Gandharvas, Kinnaras, Apsaras, Vidyadharas, Yakshas, Rakshas, Pramathas, Guhyakas and Nagas.
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 (6.19.34). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Caturdashavidha, Yah, Yat, Ina, Grihastha, Iva, Bandhava, Upa, Jivanti, Jivat, Bhuta, Bhutani, Mithah, Drishta, Pura, Pur, Aspada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.19.34). 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: “caturdaśavidhānyenaṃ gṛhasthamiva bāndhavāḥ ”
caturdaśavidhān -
caturdaśavidha (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
ye -
yā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yā (noun, feminine)

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

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
inam -
ina (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ina (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

inā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
gṛhastham -
gṛhastha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

gṛhastha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

gṛhasthā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
bāndhavāḥ -
bāndhava (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 2: “upajīvanti bhūtāni mitho dṛṣṭapurāspadam ”
upa -
upa (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

upa (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

upa (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

upa (Preverb)

[Preverb]
jīvanti -
jīvanti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

jīvantī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

jīvat (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√jīv -> jīvat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √jīv class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √jīv class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √jīv class 1 verb]

√jīv -> jīvantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √jīv class 1 verb]

√jīv (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
bhūtāni -
bhūtāni (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bhūtāni (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

bhūtāni (noun, neuter)

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

bhūta (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
mitho* -
mithaḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

mithaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
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]
purā -
purā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pura (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pura (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pur (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

purā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√pur (verb class 6)

[imperative active second single]
āspadam -
āspada (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]