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 6.25.5

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जाग्रतः स्वपतश्चैव प्राणायामोऽयमुत्तमः ।
प्रवर्तते यतस्तज्ज्ञ तत्तावच्छ्रेयसे शृणु ॥ ५ ॥

jāgrataḥ svapataścaiva prāṇāyāmo'yamuttamaḥ |
pravartate yatastajjña tattāvacchreyase śṛṇu || 5 ||

It is good for livings being to restrain these vitals breaths both in their waking and sleeping states, and now hear me tell you, O learned sage, how it is to be effected for their best gain.
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 (6.25.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jagrat, Svapat, Pranayama, Aya, Idam, Uttama, Pravarta, Tad, Yushmad, Yatah, Yat, Yata, Tajjna, Tat, Tavat, Shreyas, Shreyasa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.25.5). 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: “jāgrataḥ svapataścaiva prāṇāyāmo'yamuttamaḥ ”
jāgrataḥ -
jāgrat (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [genitive single]

jāgrat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

√jāgṛ -> jāgrat (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √jāgṛ class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √jāgṛ class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √jāgṛ class 2 verb], [genitive single from √jāgṛ class 2 verb]

√jāgṛ -> jāgrat (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √jāgṛ class 2 verb], [genitive single from √jāgṛ class 2 verb]
svapataś -
√svap -> svapat (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √svap class 2 verb], [ablative single from √svap class 2 verb], [genitive single from √svap class 2 verb]

√svap -> svapat (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √svap class 2 verb], [genitive single from √svap class 2 verb]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
prāṇāyāmo' -
prāṇāyāma (noun, masculine)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uttamaḥ -
uttama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “pravartate yatastajjña tattāvacchreyase śṛṇu ”
pravarta -
pravarta (noun, masculine)

[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]
yatas -
yataḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yat (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

yat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

yata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √i class 2 verb], [ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]

√yam -> yata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √yam class 1 verb]
tajjña -
tajjña (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tajjña (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tāvacch -
tāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tāvat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tāvat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

tāvat (noun, neuter)

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

[dative single]

śreyas (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

śreyasa (noun, neuter)

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

śreyasā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
śṛṇu -
√śru (verb class 5)

[imperative active second single]