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 6.31.38

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संकल्पाज्जीवतामेत्य निःसंकल्पात्मनात्मना ।
चिज्जडं नो जडं भावं भावयन्ती स्वसंस्थिता ॥ ३८ ॥

saṃkalpājjīvatāmetya niḥsaṃkalpātmanātmanā |
cijjaḍaṃ no jaḍaṃ bhāvaṃ bhāvayantī svasaṃsthitā || 38 ||

It becomes the living soul by fostering its desires, and remains as the pure intellect by forsaking them for ever; and then seated in itself, it reflects on its two gross and pure states.
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 (6.31.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nihsankalpa, Mana, Asmad, Jada, Bhava, Bhavayat, Bhavayanti, Sthita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.31.38). 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: “saṃkalpājjīvatāmetya niḥsaṃkalpātmanātmanā ”
Cannot analyse saṅkalpājjīvatāmetya*ni
niḥsaṅkalpāt -
niḥsaṅkalpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

niḥsaṅkalpa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
manāt -
mana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
manā -
manā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “cijjaḍaṃ no jaḍaṃ bhāvaṃ bhāvayantī svasaṃsthitā ”
Cannot analyse cijjaḍam*no
no* -
na (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
jaḍam -
jaḍa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

jaḍa (noun, neuter)

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

jaḍā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
bhāvam -
bhāva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

√bhū -> bhāvam (absolutive)

[absolutive from √bhū]
bhāvayantī -
√bhū -> bhāvayantī (participle, feminine)

[compound from √bhū]

√bhū -> bhāvayat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √bhū], [vocative dual from √bhū], [accusative dual from √bhū]

√bhū -> bhāvayantī (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √bhū]
svasaṃ -
svasā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
sthitā -
sthitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√sthā -> sthitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]