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 7.54.20

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श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
यत्रास्ति बीजं तत्र स्याच्छाखा विततरूपिणी ।
जन्यते कारणैः सा च वितता सहकारिभिः ॥ २० ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
yatrāsti bījaṃ tatra syācchākhā vitatarūpiṇī |
janyate kāraṇaiḥ sā ca vitatā sahakāribhiḥ || 20 ||

Vasishtha replied:—The seed in its material form, contains the formless big tree in its undeveloped bosom; which develops afterwards to a gigantic size, by aid of the auxiliary causalities.
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 (7.54.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shri, Vasishtha, Yatra, Asti, Bija, Tatra, Syat, Sya, Shakha, Vitata, Rupin, Rupini, Janyata, Karana, Sahakarin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.54.20). 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: “yatrāsti bījaṃ tatra syācchākhā vitatarūpiṇī ”
yatrā -
yatra (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yatra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yatra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

yatrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative 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]
bījam -
bīja (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bīja (noun, neuter)

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

bījā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
syācch -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
śākhā* -
śākha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śākhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vitata -
vitata (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vitata (noun, neuter)

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

[compound]

rūpiṇī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

rūpin (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 3: “janyate kāraṇaiḥ sā ca vitatā sahakāribhiḥ ”
janyate -
janyatā (noun, feminine)

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

√jan (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√jan (verb class 10)

[present passive third single]

√jan (verb class 2)

[present passive third single]

√jan (verb class 3)

[present passive third single]

√jan (verb class 4)

[present passive third single]

√jan (verb class 0)

[present passive third single]
kāraṇaiḥ -
kāraṇa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
sā -
sā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vitatā -
vitatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
sahakāribhiḥ -
sahakārin (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

sahakārin (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]