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 7.50.4

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श्रीराम उवाच ।
एतेषां भगवन्भेदो बोधाय मम कथ्यताम् ।
जीवानां सप्तरूपाणां जलानामर्णवेष्विव ॥ ४ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca |
eteṣāṃ bhagavanbhedo bodhāya mama kathyatām |
jīvānāṃ saptarūpāṇāṃ jalānāmarṇaveṣviva || 4 ||

Rama said:—Tell me sir, the difference of the seven species of living beings for my satisfaction;which appear to me to be as different as the waters of the seven seas.
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 (7.50.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shrirama, Etad, Esha, Bhagavat, Bhagavan, Bheda, Bodha, Asmad, Jiva, Saptarupa, Jala, Arnava, Iva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.50.4). 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: “śrīrāma uvāca ”
śrīrāma* -
śrīrāma (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: “eteṣāṃ bhagavanbhedo bodhāya mama kathyatām ”
eteṣām -
etad (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
bhagavan -
bhagavat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

bhagavan (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
bhedo* -
bheda (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bodhāya -
bodha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

bodha (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
mama -
asmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive single]

√mā (verb class 2)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 3)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
kathyatām -
√kath (verb class 10)

[imperative passive third single]
Line 3: “jīvānāṃ saptarūpāṇāṃ jalānāmarṇaveṣviva ”
jīvānām -
jīva (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

jīva (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

jīvā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
saptarūpāṇām -
saptarūpa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

saptarūpa (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
jalānām -
jala (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

jala (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

jalā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
arṇaveṣvi -
arṇava (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

arṇava (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]