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 7.29.47

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स्वपक्षोद्भावनपरा अहंतात्मैकवर्धनम् ।
मोक्षार्थमप्युद्यमिनो नयन्ति शतशाखताम् ॥ ४७ ॥

svapakṣodbhāvanaparā ahaṃtātmaikavardhanam |
mokṣārthamapyudyamino nayanti śataśākhatām || 47 ||

Yet it is the fashion of disputants in order to maintain their own ground, or for the salvation of their pupils to multiply the egoism of the one soul, and to distribute it into a thousand branches.
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 (7.29.47). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svapaksha, Udbhavana, Para, Ahanta, Atma, Aika, Vardhana, Moksha, Artha, Api, Udyamin, Nayanti, Nayat, Shatashakha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.29.47). 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: “svapakṣodbhāvanaparā ahaṃtātmaikavardhanam ”
svapakṣo -
svapakṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
udbhāvana -
udbhāvana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
parā* -
para (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

parā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ahantā -
ahantā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
atmai -
atma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

atma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
aika -
aika (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aika (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vardhanam -
vardhana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vardhana (noun, neuter)

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

vardhanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “mokṣārthamapyudyamino nayanti śataśākhatām ”
mokṣā -
mokṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

mokṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
artham -
artha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
apyu -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
udyamino* -
udyamin (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

udyamin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
nayanti -
nayantī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

nayat (noun, neuter)

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

√nay -> nayat (participle, neuter)

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

√nay -> nayantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √nay class 1 verb]

√nī -> nayat (participle, neuter)

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

√nī -> nayantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √nī class 1 verb]

√nay (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]

√nī (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
śataśākha -
śataśākha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śataśākha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tām -
tā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]