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 7.33.4

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वचसा मनसा चान्तः शब्दार्थावविभावयन् ।
य आस्ते वर्धते तस्य कल्पनोपशमः शनैः ॥ ४ ॥

vacasā manasā cāntaḥ śabdārthāvavibhāvayan |
ya āste vardhate tasya kalpanopaśamaḥ śanaiḥ || 4 ||

First consider well the meanings of words, both in your mind and utterance of them; and all the habitual and growing misconceptions will slowly cease and subside of themselves.
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 (7.33.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vacasa, Manasa, Manas, Tas, Shabdartha, Avi, Bhavayat, Yah, Tad, Kalpana, Upashama, Shanaih, Shana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.33.4). 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: “vacasā manasā cāntaḥ śabdārthāvavibhāvayan ”
vacasā* -
vacasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vacasā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
manasā -
manasā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

manas (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

manasā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
cān -
ca (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
taḥ -
tas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tas (noun, neuter)

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

ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śabdārthāva -
śabdārtha (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
avi -
avi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

avi (noun, neuter)

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

avi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

avī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

o (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
bhāvayan -
√bhū -> bhāvayat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √bhū], [vocative single from √bhū]
Line 2: “ya āste vardhate tasya kalpanopaśamaḥ śanaiḥ ”
ya* -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
āste -
√ās (verb class 2)

[present middle third single]
vardhate -
√vṛdh (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]
tasya -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
kalpano -
kalpana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kalpanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
upaśamaḥ -
upaśama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śanaiḥ -
śanaiḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

śana (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

śana (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]