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 6.111.4

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शिखिध्वजक्रमेणैव यथा बोधमवाप्तवान् ।
कचो बृहस्पतेः पुत्रस्तथा बुध्यस्व राघव ॥ ४ ॥

śikhidhvajakrameṇaiva yathā bodhamavāptavān |
kaco bṛhaspateḥ putrastathā budhyasva rāghava || 4 ||

As Sikhidvaja came by degrees to attain his enlightenment, so also did Kacha the son of Brihaspati receive the light of his reason, as I shall now relate unto you.
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 (6.111.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shikhidhvaja, Kramena, Krama, Yatha, Bodha, Avaptavat, Kaca, Brihaspati, Putra, Tatha, Raghava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.111.4). 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: “śikhidhvajakrameṇaiva yathā bodhamavāptavān ”
śikhidhvaja -
śikhidhvaja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śikhidhvaja (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
krameṇai -
krameṇa (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

krama (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
bodham -
bodha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bodha (noun, neuter)

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

bodhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
avāptavān -
avāptavat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “kaco bṛhaspateḥ putrastathā budhyasva rāghava ”
kaco* -
kaca (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bṛhaspateḥ -
bṛhaspati (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
putras -
putra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tathā* -
tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
budhyasva -
√budh (verb class 1)

[imperative passive second single]

√budh (verb class 4)

[imperative middle second single], [imperative passive second single]
rāghava -
rāghava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]