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 6.87.15

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चूडालोवाच ।
पितामहमहं पूर्वं कदाचित्पृष्टवानिदम् ।
यत्क्रियाज्ञानयोरेकं श्रेयस्तद्ब्रूहि मे प्रभो ॥ १५ ॥

cūḍālovāca |
pitāmahamahaṃ pūrvaṃ kadācitpṛṣṭavānidam |
yatkriyājñānayorekaṃ śreyastadbrūhi me prabho || 15 ||

Chudala said:—It was once on a time that I had my great progenitor (Brahma) to tell me which of the two, the observance of duties or their non-observance for the sake of knowledge (i.e. whether practice or theoretical knowledge); is the more useful to and preferable by mankind.
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 (6.87.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Cudala, Pitamaha, Aha, Asmad, Purvam, Purva, Kadacit, Prishtavat, Idam, Yat, Yad, Kriya, Ajnana, Reka, Shreyah, Shreyas, Shreya, Tad, Tat, 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 6.87.15). 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: “cūḍālovāca ”
cūḍālo -
cūḍāla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cūḍāla (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cūḍālā (noun, feminine)

[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: “pitāmahamahaṃ pūrvaṃ kadācitpṛṣṭavānidam ”
pitāmaham -
pitāmaha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
pūrvam -
pūrvam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pūrva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pūrva (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable adverb]
pṛṣṭavān -
√pṛṣ -> pṛṣṭavat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √pṛṣ class 1 verb]

√praś -> pṛṣṭavat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √praś class 6 verb]

pṛṣṭavat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 3: “yatkriyājñānayorekaṃ śreyastadbrūhi me prabho ”
yat -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

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

yat (noun, neuter)

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

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
kriyā -
kriya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kriyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√kṛ (verb class 6)

[imperative active second single]
ajñānayor -
ajñāna (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

ajñāna (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

ajñānā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]
rekam -
reka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
śreyas -
śreyaḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

śreyas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

śreyas (noun, neuter)

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

√śrā -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śrā class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrā class 4 verb]

√śrai -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śrai class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 2 verb], [nominative single from √śrai class 4 verb]

√śri -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śri class 1 verb]

√śrī -> śreya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śrī class 9 verb]
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
brūhi -
√brū (verb class 2)

[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]
prabho -
prabhu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

prabhu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]