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 7.79.25

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मदशक्त्यात्मनि ज्ञाने दृष्टा देशान्तरेषु या ।
प्रसृतानां पिशाचादिदेहता सा न सिध्यति ॥ २५ ॥

madaśaktyātmani jñāne dṛṣṭā deśāntareṣu yā |
prasṛtānāṃ piśācādidehatā sā na sidhyati || 25 ||

If you say the human spirit to liken the spirit of liquors, (which is generated in and destroyed with the liquor); then tell me what makes the destroyed or departed spirit of [a] deceased person, who is dead in a foreign country, revisit his friends at home in the shape and form of a fiend (pisacha)?
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 (7.79.25). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mada, Shaktyatman, Jnana, Drishta, Deshantara, Prasrita, Pishaca, Ida, Iha, Tan, Sidhyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.79.25). 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: “madaśaktyātmani jñāne dṛṣṭā deśāntareṣu yā ”
mada -
mada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

mada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√mad (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
śaktyātmani -
śaktyātman (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

śaktyātman (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
jñāne -
jñāna (noun, neuter)

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

jñānā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
dṛṣṭā* -
dṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

dṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √dṛś class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √dṛś class 1 verb]

√dṛś -> dṛṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √dṛś class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √dṛś class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √dṛś class 1 verb]
deśāntareṣu -
deśāntara (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
yā -
yā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “prasṛtānāṃ piśācādidehatā sā na sidhyati ”
prasṛtānām -
prasṛta (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

prasṛta (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

prasṛtā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
piśācād -
piśāca (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ide -
idā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
iha -
iha (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tā -
tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

tan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sā* -
so (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sidhyati -
√sidh -> sidhyat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √sidh class 4 verb]

√sidh -> sidhyat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √sidh class 4 verb]

√sidh (verb class 4)

[present active third single]