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 6.55.35

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अर्जुन उवाच ।
नरकस्वर्गसर्गादिसंभ्रमेषु जगत्पते ।
किमस्य कारणं ब्रूहि जीवस्य जगतः स्थितेः ॥ ३५ ॥

arjuna uvāca |
narakasvargasargādisaṃbhrameṣu jagatpate |
kimasya kāraṇaṃ brūhi jīvasya jagataḥ sthiteḥ || 35 ||

Arjuna said:—Tell me, O lord of the world! what is that cause, which gave rise to the prejudice of a heaven and hell.
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (6.55.35). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Arjuna, Naraka, Svarga, Sarga, Sambhrama, Jagatpati, Kim, Idam, Karana, Jiva, Jagat, Sthiti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.55.35). 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: “arjuna uvāca ”
arjuna* -
arjuna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “narakasvargasargādisaṃbhrameṣu jagatpate ”
naraka -
naraka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

naraka (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

svarga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sargā -
sarga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
adi -
ad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ad (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
sambhrameṣu -
sambhrama (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

sambhrama (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
jagatpate -
jagatpati (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
Line 3: “kimasya kāraṇaṃ brūhi jīvasya jagataḥ sthiteḥ ”
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
asya -
√as -> asya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √as]

a (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√as (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
kāraṇam -
kāraṇa (noun, neuter)

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

kāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
brūhi -
√brū (verb class 2)

[imperative active second single]
jīvasya -
jīva (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

jīva (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
jagataḥ -
jagat (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

jagat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
sthiteḥ -
sthiti (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]