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 6.85.121

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शिखिध्वज उवाच ।
स्वोत्पत्तिकारणप्राप्तौ कथं दुःखं सुखं च वा ।
अभ्युदेतीति वद मे दूरस्थानामपि प्रभो ॥ १२१ ॥

śikhidhvaja uvāca |
svotpattikāraṇaprāptau kathaṃ duḥkhaṃ sukhaṃ ca vā |
abhyudetīti vada me dūrasthānāmapi prabho || 121 ||

Sikhidvaja said:—Tell me my lord, why men feel sorry or joyous at their pain or pleasure, to which they are bound by their birth in this world; and for what is far off from them (either as past or gone and what is in their expectation in future, since both the past and future are absent from us)?
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 (6.85.121). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shikhidhvaja, Sva, Svan, Karana, Prapta, Prapti, Katham, Katha, Duhkham, Duhkha, Sukham, Sukha, Abhi, Vada, Asmad, Durastha, Api, Prabhu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.85.121). 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: “śikhidhvaja uvāca ”
śikhidhvaja* -
śikhidhvaja (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: “svotpattikāraṇaprāptau kathaṃ duḥkhaṃ sukhaṃ ca vā ”
svo -
sva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

svan (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

svan (noun, neuter)

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

sva (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

svā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [adverb]
kāraṇa -
kāraṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
prāptau -
prāpta (noun, masculine)

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

prāpti (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
duḥkham -
duḥkham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

duḥkha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

duḥkha (noun, neuter)

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

duḥkhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
sukham -
sukham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sukha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sukha (noun, neuter)

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

sukhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Line 3: “abhyudetīti vada me dūrasthānāmapi prabho ”
abhyu -
abhi (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

abhi (noun, masculine)

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

abhi (noun, neuter)

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

abhi (noun, feminine)

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

abhī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

abhī (noun, neuter)

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

abhī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

abhi (Preverb)

[Preverb]
udet -
√ud (verb class 6)

[optative active third single]
īti -
īti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
vada -
vada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vad (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
me -
ma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

mā (noun, feminine)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
dūrasthānām -
dūrastha (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

dūrastha (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

dūrasthā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
prabho -
prabhu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

prabhu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

Other editions:

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Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)

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Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)

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Preview of verse 6.85.121 in Gujarati sript:
શિખિધ્વજ ઉવાચ ।
સ્વોત્પત્તિકારણપ્રાપ્તૌ કથં દુઃખં સુખં ચ વા ।
અભ્યુદેતીતિ વદ મે દૂરસ્થાનામપિ પ્રભો ॥ ૧૨૧ ॥