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 6.41.16

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गुरूपदेशशास्त्रार्थैर्विना चात्मा न बुध्यते ।
एतत्संयोगसत्तैव स्वात्मज्ञानप्रकाशिनी ॥ १६ ॥

gurūpadeśaśāstrārthairvinā cātmā na budhyate |
etatsaṃyogasattaiva svātmajñānaprakāśinī || 16 ||

Again the soul is never to be known without learning and lectures, and therefore both of them must combine with our inquiry to bring us to the light of the soul.
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 (6.41.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Guru, Upadesha, Shastrartha, Vina, Mas, Etad, Samyoga, Satta, Sattri, Jnana, Prakashin, Prakashini,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.41.16). 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: “gurūpadeśaśāstrārthairvinā cātmā na budhyate ”
gurū -
guru (noun, masculine)

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

guru (noun, neuter)

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

gurū (noun, masculine)

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

gurū (noun, feminine)

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

gurū (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
upadeśa -
upadeśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
śāstrārthair -
śāstrārtha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
vinā -
vinā (indeclinable postposition)

[indeclinable postposition]

vi (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vi (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vī (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vinā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
cāt -
ca (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

ca (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]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
budhyate -
√budh (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√budh (verb class 4)

[present middle third single], [present passive third single]
Line 2: “etatsaṃyogasattaiva svātmajñānaprakāśinī ”
etat -
etad (noun, masculine)

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

etad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
saṃyoga -
saṃyoga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
sattai -
satta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

satta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sattā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

sattṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√sad (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√sad (verb class 6)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
svātma -
svātman (noun, masculine)

[compound]
jñāna -
jñāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
prakāśinī -
prakāśinī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

prakāśin (noun, neuter)

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