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 6.41.15

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शास्त्रार्थैर्बुध्यते नात्मा गुरोर्वचनतो न च ।
बुध्यते स्वयमेवैष स्वबोधवशतस्ततः ॥ १५ ॥

śāstrārthairbudhyate nātmā gurorvacanato na ca |
budhyate svayamevaiṣa svabodhavaśatastataḥ || 15 ||

No explanation of the sastras, nor the lectures of the preceptor, are calculated to give light on spiritual knowledge, unless it is understood by the intuitive knowledge of the spirit itself.
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 (6.41.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shastrartha, Mas, Guru, Svayam, Eva, Aisha, Svabodha, Vashatah, Vashat, Tatah, Tad, Tata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.41.15). 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: “śāstrārthairbudhyate nātmā gurorvacanato na ca ”
śāstrārthair -
śāstrārtha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
budhyate -
√budh (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√budh (verb class 4)

[present middle third single], [present passive third single]
nāt -
na (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
mā* -
ma (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mā (noun, feminine)

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

mās (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
guror -
guru (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
vacanato -
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “budhyate svayamevaiṣa svabodhavaśatastataḥ ”
budhyate -
√budh (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√budh (verb class 4)

[present middle third single], [present passive third single]
svayam -
svayam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
evai -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

evā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiṣa -
aiṣa (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

svabodha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vaśatas -
vaśataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

√vaś -> vaśat (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √vaś class 1 verb], [ablative single from √vaś class 1 verb], [genitive single from √vaś class 1 verb]

√vaś -> vaśat (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √vaś class 1 verb], [genitive single from √vaś class 1 verb]

√vaś (verb class 1)

[present active third dual]
tataḥ -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]