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 7.6.31

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प्राप्तेन येन नो भूयः प्राप्तव्यमवशिष्यते ।
तत्प्राप्तौ यत्नमातिष्ठेत्कष्टयापि हि चेष्टया ॥ ३१ ॥

prāptena yena no bhūyaḥ prāptavyamavaśiṣyate |
tatprāptau yatnamātiṣṭhetkaṣṭayāpi hi ceṣṭayā || 31 ||

I think that to be the best gain, which being once gained by us, there remains nothing else to be desired or gained herein; I must now therefore, remain in quest of that precious gain, however it may be attended with pain.
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 (7.6.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prapta, Yena, Yah, Yat, Asmad, Bhuyah, Bhuyas, Praptavya, Ava, Shishyata, Tat, Tad, Prapti, Yatna, Kashta, Api, Ceshta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.6.31). 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: “prāptena yena no bhūyaḥ prāptavyamavaśiṣyate ”
prāptena -
prāpta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

prāpta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
yena -
yena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
no* -
na (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
bhūyaḥ -
bhūyaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

bhūyas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bhūyas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
prāptavyam -
prāptavya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prāptavya (noun, neuter)

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

prāptavyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ava -
ava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

o (noun, masculine)

[compound]

√av (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]

√u (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]

ava (Preverb)

[Preverb]
śiṣyate -
śiṣyatā (noun, feminine)

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

√śās (verb class 2)

[present passive third single]

√śiṣ (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√śiṣ (verb class 7)

[present passive third single]
Line 2: “tatprāptau yatnamātiṣṭhetkaṣṭayāpi hi ceṣṭayā ”
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

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

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

prāpti (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
yatnam -
yatna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
ā -
ā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
tiṣṭhet -
√sthā (verb class 1)

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

[instrumental single]

√kaṣ -> kaṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[instrumental single from √kaṣ class 1 verb]

√kaś -> kaṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[instrumental single from √kaś class 1 verb]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
ceṣṭayā -
ceṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]