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 6.55.4

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न हि शीर्यत्यचित्तात्मा त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः ।
कर्मण्यभिप्रवृत्तोऽपि नैव किंचित्करोति सः ॥ ४ ॥

na hi śīryatyacittātmā tyaktasarvaparigrahaḥ |
karmaṇyabhipravṛtto'pi naiva kiṃcitkaroti saḥ || 4 ||

The soul is not weakened like the sentient mind, by the loss of the sensible objects of enjoyment, and incessantly employed in action, yet it does nothing by 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 (6.55.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shiri, Shirin, Shirya, Ati, Atya, Acitta, Asmad, Tyakta, Saru, Sarva, Aparigraha, Karmani, Karmanya, Karman, Abhipravritta, Api, Naiva, Kincitkara, Sah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.55.4). 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: “na hi śīryatyacittātmā tyaktasarvaparigrahaḥ ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
śīrya -
śīri (noun, feminine)

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

śīrī (noun, feminine)

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

śīrin (noun, masculine)

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

śīrya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śīrya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√śṝ -> śīrya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √śṝ]
atya -
ati (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

ati (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

atya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

atya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√at -> atya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √at]
acittāt -
acitta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

acitta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
mā -
mā (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

mā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative single]
tyakta -
tyakta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tyakta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√tyaj -> tyakta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √tyaj class 1 verb]

√tyaj -> tyakta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √tyaj class 1 verb]
sarva -
saru (noun, masculine)

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

saru (noun, neuter)

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

saru (noun, feminine)

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

sarva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sarva (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
aparigrahaḥ -
aparigraha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “karmaṇyabhipravṛtto'pi naiva kiṃcitkaroti saḥ ”
karmaṇya -
karmaṇi (noun, masculine)

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

karmaṇi (noun, neuter)

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

karmaṇi (noun, feminine)

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

karmaṇya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

karmaṇya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

karman (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
abhipravṛtto' -
abhipravṛtta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
naiva -
naiva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kiñcitkaro -
kiñcitkara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kiñcitkara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kiñcitkarā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [adverb]

ūti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
saḥ -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]