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 6.20.21

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न जीवितान्न मरणात्कर्मदेहस्य रोधनम् ।
यथा स्थितेन तिष्ठामस्तथैवास्तंगतेहिताः ॥ २१ ॥

na jīvitānna maraṇātkarmadehasya rodhanam |
yathā sthitena tiṣṭhāmastathaivāstaṃgatehitāḥ || 21 ||

We neither wish to live long to wallow in our bodily enjoyments nor desire death to avoid the retribution of our acts; but live as long as we have to live, and die when death comes upon us.
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 (6.20.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jivita, Marana, Karmadeha, Rodhana, Yatha, Sthita, Tatha, Eva, Tangat, Ihita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.20.21). 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: “na jīvitānna maraṇātkarmadehasya rodhanam ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jīvitānn -
jīvita (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

√jīv -> jīvita (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √jīv class 1 verb]
a -
a (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
maraṇāt -
maraṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
karmadehasya -
karmadeha (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
rodhanam -
rodhana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

rodhana (noun, neuter)

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

rodhanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “yathā sthitena tiṣṭhāmastathaivāstaṃgatehitāḥ ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sthitena -
sthita (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

sthita (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √sthā class 1 verb]
tiṣṭhāmas -
√sthā (verb class 1)

[present active first plural]
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
evās -
eva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

evā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
taṅgate -
√taṅg -> taṅgat (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √taṅg class 1 verb], [dative single from √taṅg class 1 verb]

√taṅg -> taṅgat (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √taṅg class 1 verb], [dative single from √taṅg class 1 verb]

√taṅg (verb class 1)

[present middle third single], [imperative active second plural]
īhitāḥ -
īhita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

īhitā (noun, feminine)

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

√īh -> īhita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √īh class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √īh class 1 verb]

√īh -> īhitā (participle, feminine)

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