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 6.69.38

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चेतो हि वासनामात्रं तदभावे परं पदम् ।
तत्त्वं संपद्यते ज्ञानं ज्ञानमाहुर्विचारणम् ॥ ३८ ॥

ceto hi vāsanāmātraṃ tadabhāve paraṃ padam |
tattvaṃ saṃpadyate jñānaṃ jñānamāhurvicāraṇam || 38 ||

The mind is another name for desire, and this extirpated and wanting, the soul comes to the discrimination of truth, which leads to the knowledge of the supreme.
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 (6.69.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Cetri, Cetas, Ceta, Vasana, Atra, Tada, Bhava, Param, Para, Pada, Tattva, Sampad, Sampadin, Jnana, Vicarana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.69.38). 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: “ceto hi vāsanāmātraṃ tadabhāve paraṃ padam ”
ceto* -
cetas (noun, neuter)

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

cetṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

ceta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
vāsanām -
vāsanā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ātram -
ātra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tada -
tada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhāve -
bhāva (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
param -
param (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

para (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

para (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
padam -
pada (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “tattvaṃ saṃpadyate jñānaṃ jñānamāhurvicāraṇam ”
tattvam -
tattva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
sampadya -
sampadin (noun, masculine)

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

sampad (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
ate -
jñānam -
jñāna (noun, neuter)

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

jñānā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
jñānam -
jñāna (noun, neuter)

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

jñānā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
āhur -
√ah (verb class 5)

[perfect active third plural]
vicāraṇam -
vicāraṇa (noun, neuter)

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

vicāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]