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 6.71.1

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श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
इत्युक्तवति वेताले वक्तुं प्रश्नान्विहस्य सः ।
उवाच वचनं राजा दन्तांशुधवलाम्बरः ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
ityuktavati vetāle vaktuṃ praśnānvihasya saḥ |
uvāca vacanaṃ rājā dantāṃśudhavalāmbaraḥ || 1 ||

Arguments said:—Answer to the first question regarding the Prime cause of all, shows the infinite worlds to be the trees and fruits of that original root.
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 (6.71.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shri, Vasishtha, Ityukta, Vati, Vetala, Prashna, Viha, Sah, Vacana, Raja, Danta, Dhavala, Bara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.71.1). 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: “śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ”
śrī -
śrī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

śrī (noun, masculine)

[compound]
vasiṣṭha* -
vasiṣṭha (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: “ityuktavati vetāle vaktuṃ praśnānvihasya saḥ ”
ityukta -
ityukta (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [adverb]

vatī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

vatī (noun, feminine)

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

vatī (noun, neuter)

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

[locative single]

vetālā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
vaktum -
√vac -> vaktum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √vac]

√vac -> vaktum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √vac]
praśnān -
praśna (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
vihasya -
viha (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

viha (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
saḥ -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 3: “uvāca vacanaṃ rājā dantāṃśudhavalāmbaraḥ ”
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]
vacanam -
vacana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vacana (noun, neuter)

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

vacanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
rājā* -
rāja (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

rājā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
dantā -
danta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dantā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aṃśu -
aṃśu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
dhavalām -
dhavalā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
baraḥ -
bara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]