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 6.31.2

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अमृतापि मृतास्मीति विपर्यस्तमतिर्वधूः ।
यथा रोदित्यनष्टैव नष्टास्मीति तथैव चित् ॥ २ ॥

amṛtāpi mṛtāsmīti viparyastamatirvadhūḥ |
yathā rodityanaṣṭaiva naṣṭāsmīti tathaiva cit || 2 ||

Though immortal yet it is deceived to believe itself as mortal, by its infatuated understanding; as a sick man weeps to think himself dead when he is still alive.
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 (6.31.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Amrita, Api, Mrita, Iti, Viparyasta, Mati, Vadhu, Yatha, Anashta, Tatha, Cit,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.31.2). 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: “amṛtāpi mṛtāsmīti viparyastamatirvadhūḥ ”
amṛtā -
amṛta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

amṛta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

amṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√mṛ (verb class 1)

[aorist middle third single]

√mṛ (verb class 6)

[aorist middle third single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
mṛtā -
mṛta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

mṛta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

mṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√mṛ -> mṛta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √mṛ class 6 verb]

√mṛ -> mṛta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √mṛ class 6 verb]

√mṛ -> mṛtā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √mṛ class 6 verb]
asmī -
√as (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
viparyasta -
viparyasta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

viparyasta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
matir -
mati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

mati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vadhūḥ -
vadhu (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]

vadhū (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “yathā rodityanaṣṭaiva naṣṭāsmīti tathaiva cit ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
roditya -
√rud (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
anaṣṭai -
anaṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

anaṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

anaṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√nakṣ (verb class 1)

[aorist active second plural], [aorist middle third single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
naṣṭāsmī -
√naś (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active first single]

√naś (verb class 4)

[periphrastic-future active first single]

√naś (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active first single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
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]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
cit -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

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