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 7.79.22

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तत्पुराणेतिहासानां सर्वसंक्षयवादिनाम् ।
स्मृत्यादीनां सवेदानां वैयर्थ्यमुपजायते ॥ २२ ॥

tatpurāṇetihāsānāṃ sarvasaṃkṣayavādinām |
smṛtyādīnāṃ savedānāṃ vaiyarthyamupajāyate || 22 ||

This position of yours is inconsistent with the doctrines, of the puranas and histories as well as those of the vedas, smritis and other sastras, which invariably maintain destructibility of material things.
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 (7.79.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tat, Tad, Purana, Itihasa, Sarva, Sankshaya, Vadin, Smritya, Vaiyarthya, Upaja, Yushmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.79.22). 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: “tatpurāṇetihāsānāṃ sarvasaṃkṣayavādinām ”
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
purāṇe -
purāṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

purāṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
itihāsānām -
itihāsa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
sarva -
sarva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sarva (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
saṅkṣaya -
saṅkṣaya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vādinām -
vādin (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

vādin (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
Line 2: “smṛtyādīnāṃ savedānāṃ vaiyarthyamupajāyate ”
smṛtyād -
smṛtya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

smṛtya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
īnām -
i (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

ī (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

ī (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
saved -
√su (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
ānām -
a (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

ā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
vaiyarthyam -
vaiyarthya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
upajāya -
upaja (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

upaja (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]