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 6.39.23

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शक्तिर्ममात्मिका बुद्धिः क्रिया चैव वराङ्गना ।
ज्ञानानि च विचित्राणि भूषणान्यङ्गगानि मे ॥ २३ ॥

śaktirmamātmikā buddhiḥ kriyā caiva varāṅganā |
jñānāni ca vicitrāṇi bhūṣaṇānyaṅgagāni me || 23 ||

He believes his knowledge of egoism as his greatest power and consort (sakti), and his power of action as his mistress; he thinks his knowledge of various lores to be his decorations only.
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 (6.39.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shakti, Asmad, Mama, Atmika, Buddhi, Kriya, Varangana, Jnana, Vicitra, Bhushana, Anga,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.39.23). 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: “śaktirmamātmikā buddhiḥ kriyā caiva varāṅganā ”
śaktir -
śakti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

śakti (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mamā -
asmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive single]

mamā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√mā (verb class 2)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 3)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
ātmikā* -
ātmikā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
buddhiḥ -
buddhi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kriyā -
kriyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
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]
varāṅganā -
varāṅganā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “jñānāni ca vicitrāṇi bhūṣaṇānyaṅgagāni me ”
jñānāni -
jñāna (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vicitrāṇi -
vicitra (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
bhūṣaṇānya -
bhūṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
aṅga -
aṅga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aṅga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√aṅg (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
gāni -
ga (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√gā (verb class 2)

[imperative active first single]

√gā (verb class 2)

[imperative active first single]
me -
ma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

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

mā (noun, feminine)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]