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 6.30.66

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ईश्वर उवाच ।
श्रृण्वेतदखिलं ब्रह्मन्यदा पृष्टं वदामि ते ।
महानयं त्वया प्रश्नः कृतो ब्रह्मविदां वर ॥ ६६ ॥

īśvara uvāca |
śrṛṇvetadakhilaṃ brahmanyadā pṛṣṭaṃ vadāmi te |
mahānayaṃ tvayā praśnaḥ kṛto brahmavidāṃ vara || 66 ||

The god replied:—Hear me tell you all: O Brahman, about what you have asked me; it is a question of great importance, and requires, O greatest of theists! a long explication.
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 (6.30.66). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ishvara, Brahma, Brahman, Ada, Prishta, Tad, Yushmad, Mahanaya, Tva, Prashna, Krit, Krita, Brahmavid, Brahmavida, Vara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.30.66). 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: “īśvara uvāca ”
īśvara* -
īśvara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “śrṛṇvetadakhilaṃ brahmanyadā pṛṣṭaṃ vadāmi te ”
Cannot analyse śrṛṇvetadakhilam*br
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]
nya -
ni (noun, masculine)

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

ni (noun, neuter)

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

ni (noun, feminine)

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

nī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

nī (noun, neuter)

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

nī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
adā -
adā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
pṛṣṭam -
pṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)

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

pṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√pṛṣ -> pṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √pṛṣ class 1 verb]

√pṛṣ -> pṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √pṛṣ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pṛṣ class 1 verb]

√praś -> pṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √praś class 6 verb]

√praś -> pṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √praś class 6 verb], [accusative single from √praś class 6 verb]
vadāmi -
√vad (verb class 1)

[present active first 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]
Line 3: “mahānayaṃ tvayā praśnaḥ kṛto brahmavidāṃ vara ”
mahānayam -
mahānayā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

mahānaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mahānaya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tvayā -
tvā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[instrumental single]
praśnaḥ -
praśna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kṛto* -
kṛt (noun, masculine)

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

kṛt (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

kṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[present active third dual]
brahmavidām -
brahmavid (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

brahmavid (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

brahmavidā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
vara -
vara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vṛ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]