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 6.35.8

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प्राणहीनं परिस्पन्दं त्यक्त्वा तिष्ठति मूकवत् ।
चालनी पावनी शक्तिः शक्तिः संवेदनी चितिः ॥ ८ ॥

prāṇahīnaṃ parispandaṃ tyaktvā tiṣṭhati mūkavat |
cālanī pāvanī śaktiḥ śaktiḥ saṃvedanī citiḥ || 8 ||

The lifeless body being without its breathing, becomes dull and dull and dumb as a block; its power of movement being derived from the air of breath, but its powers of thought and knowledge are attributed to the intellect.
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 (6.35.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pranahina, Parispanda, Tishthat, Mukavat, Calani, Pavan, Pavani, Shakti, Samveda, Citi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.35.8). 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: “prāṇahīnaṃ parispandaṃ tyaktvā tiṣṭhati mūkavat ”
prāṇahīnam -
prāṇahīna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prāṇahīna (noun, neuter)

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

prāṇahīnā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
parispandam -
parispanda (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
tyaktvā -
√tyaj -> tyaktvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tyaj]
tiṣṭhati -
√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
mūkavat -
mūkavat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “cālanī pāvanī śaktiḥ śaktiḥ saṃvedanī citiḥ ”
cālanī -
cālanī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]
pāvanī -
pāvanī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

pāvan (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
śaktiḥ -
śakti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

śakti (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śaktiḥ -
śakti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

śakti (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
saṃveda -
saṃveda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
nī -
nī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

nī (noun, feminine)

[compound]

ni (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

ni (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
citiḥ -
citi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

citi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]