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 7.4.16

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यस्य स्वान्तर्मनोवृत्तिर्जीयमाना जिताथवा ।
विषयः स विवेकानां स पुमानिति कथ्यते ॥ १६ ॥

yasya svāntarmanovṛttirjīyamānā jitāthavā |
viṣayaḥ sa vivekānāṃ sa pumāniti kathyate || 16 ||

He who has weakened and overcome the inborn feelings of his mind, becomes the receptacle of all virtue and knowledge, and is called a man in its proper sense of the word.
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 (7.4.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yasya, Yah, Yat, Sva, Tarman, Asmad, Vritti, Jiyamana, Jita, Hava, Vishaya, Viveka, Pums, Iti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.4.16). 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: “yasya svāntarmanovṛttirjīyamānā jitāthavā ”
yasya -
yasya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yasya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√yas -> yasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √yas]

ya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√yas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
svān -
sva (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
tarma -
tarman (noun, masculine)

[compound]

tarman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
no -
na (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

nu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
vṛttir -
vṛtti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
jīyamānā* -
√jai -> jīyamāna (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √jai class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √jai class 1 verb]

√jai -> jīyamānā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √jai class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √jai class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √jai class 1 verb]

√ji -> jīyamāna (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √ji class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √ji class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √ji class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √ji class 9 verb]

√ji -> jīyamānā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √ji class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √ji class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √ji class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √ji class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √ji class 9 verb], [accusative plural from √ji class 9 verb]

√jyā -> jīyamāna (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √jyā class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √jyā class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √jyā class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √jyā class 9 verb]

√jyā -> jīyamānā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √jyā class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √jyā class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √jyā class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √jyā class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √jyā class 9 verb], [accusative plural from √jyā class 9 verb]
jitāt -
jita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

jita (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√ji -> jita (participle, masculine)

[ablative single from √ji class 1 verb], [ablative single from √ji class 9 verb]

√ji -> jita (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √ji class 1 verb], [ablative single from √ji class 9 verb]
havā -
havā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “viṣayaḥ sa vivekānāṃ sa pumāniti kathyate ”
viṣayaḥ -
viṣaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vivekānām -
viveka (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pumān -
puṃs (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
kathyate -
√kath (verb class 10)

[present passive third single]