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 7.33.1

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श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
स्वपौरुषेण स्वधिया सत्संगमविकासया ।
यदि ना नीयते ज्ञत्वं तदुपायोऽस्ति नेतरः ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
svapauruṣeṇa svadhiyā satsaṃgamavikāsayā |
yadi nā nīyate jñatvaṃ tadupāyo'sti netaraḥ || 1 ||

Vasishtha continued:—Rama, if a man will not gain his wisdom by his own exertion, by his own reasoning and by the development of his understanding in the company of good men, then there is no other way to it.
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 (7.33.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shri, Vasishtha, Svap, Svapa, Aurusha, Sva, Svan, Dhi, Satsanga, Avika, Asaya, Yadi, Yad, Jnatva, Tad, Tat, Upaya, Upayu, Asti, Neta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.33.1). 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: “śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ”
śrī -
śrī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

śrī (noun, masculine)

[compound]
vasiṣṭha* -
vasiṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[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: “svapauruṣeṇa svadhiyā satsaṃgamavikāsayā ”
svapau -
svap (noun, masculine)

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

svap (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

svapā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
auruṣeṇa -
auruṣa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

auruṣa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
sva -
sva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

svan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

svan (noun, neuter)

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

sva (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
dhiyā -
dhī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
satsaṅgam -
satsaṅga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
avikā -
avika (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

avika (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

avikā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
āsayā -
ās (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

āsayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 3: “yadi nā nīyate jñatvaṃ tadupāyo'sti netaraḥ ”
yadi -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
nā* -
na (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
nīyate -
√nī (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]
jñatvam -
jñatva (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
upāyo' -
upāya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

upāyu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

upāyu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
asti -
asti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

astī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

astī (noun, feminine)

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

astī (noun, neuter)

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

√as (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
neta -
neta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

neta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
raḥ -
ra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]