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 7.42.49

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येन केनचिदज्ञत्वात्कृतार्थोऽस्मीति मन्यते ।
अकृतार्थः कृतार्थत्वं जानन्मौर्ख्यविमोहितः ॥ ४९ ॥

yena kenacidajñatvātkṛtārtho'smīti manyate |
akṛtārthaḥ kṛtārthatvaṃ jānanmaurkhyavimohitaḥ || 49 ||

The ignorant man who thinks himself wise in his own conceit, is deluded to greater ignorance, by thinking himself successful with his ill success.
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 (7.42.49). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yena, Yah, Yat, Kena, Kah, Kim, Cit, Ajnatva, Kritartha, Iti, Akritartha, Kritarthatva, Janat, Maurkhya, Vimohita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.42.49). 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: “yena kenacidajñatvātkṛtārtho'smīti manyate ”
yena -
yena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
kena -
kena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kena (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kena (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ka (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ka (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
cid -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ajñatvāt -
ajñatva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
kṛtārtho' -
kṛtārtha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
asmī -
√as (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
manyate -
√man (verb class 4)

[present middle third single], [present passive third single]

√man (verb class 8)

[present passive third single]
Line 2: “akṛtārthaḥ kṛtārthatvaṃ jānanmaurkhyavimohitaḥ ”
akṛtārthaḥ -
akṛtārtha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kṛtārthatvam -
kṛtārthatva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
jānan -
jānat (noun, masculine)

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

jānat (noun, neuter)

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

√jñā -> jānat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √jñā class 9 verb], [vocative single from √jñā class 9 verb]

√jñā -> jānat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √jñā class 9 verb], [vocative single from √jñā class 9 verb], [accusative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
maurkhya -
maurkhya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vimohitaḥ -
vimohita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]