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 6.54.17

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यावत्कालक्रियादेशास्त्वमहंसैनिका इव ।
ब्रह्मणीव परिस्पन्दा नात्र स्तः सदसद्भ्रमौ ॥ १७ ॥

yāvatkālakriyādeśāstvamahaṃsainikā iva |
brahmaṇīva parispandā nātra staḥ sadasadbhramau || 17 ||

As long as we are in action under the command of our general, we act our parts like soldiers in the field; we all live and move in Brahma alone, and there is no mistake of right or wrong in this.
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 (6.54.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yavat, Kalakriya, Adesha, Tva, Yushmad, Aha, Asmad, Sainika, Iva, Brahman, Parispanda, Stri, Sadasat, Bhrama, Bhrami,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.54.17). 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: “yāvatkālakriyādeśāstvamahaṃsainikā iva ”
yāvat -
yāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yāvat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yāvat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yāvat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
kālakriyā -
kālakriyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
adeśās -
adeśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
tvam -
tva (noun, neuter)

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

tva (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
ahaṃ -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
sainikā* -
sainika (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sainikā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “brahmaṇīva parispandā nātra staḥ sadasadbhramau ”
brahmaṇī -
brahman (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
parispandā* -
parispanda (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
nāt -
na (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ra -
ra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
staḥ -
stṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[present active third dual]
sadasad -
sadasat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

sadasat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
bhramau -
bhrama (noun, masculine)

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

bhrami (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

bhrami (noun, masculine)

[locative single]