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 7.85.9

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स्पृष्टमात्रे शिवे तस्मिंस्ततः परमकारणे ।
प्रवृत्ता प्रकृतिं गन्तुं सा शनैरुरजां तथा ॥ ९ ॥

spṛṣṭamātre śive tasmiṃstataḥ paramakāraṇe |
pravṛttā prakṛtiṃ gantuṃ sā śanairurajāṃ tathā || 9 ||

No sooner did this power come in contact with siva said:—the prime cause of all, the same power of volentia, inclined and turned to assume the shape of nature, and to be converted to some physical form.
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 (7.85.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sprishtamatra, Shiva, Shivi, Tad, Tatah, Tata, Paramakarana, Pravritta, Prakriti, Gantu, Shanaih, Shana, Tatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.85.9). 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: “spṛṣṭamātre śive tasmiṃstataḥ paramakāraṇe ”
spṛṣṭamātre -
spṛṣṭamātra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

spṛṣṭamātra (noun, neuter)

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

spṛṣṭamātrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
śive -
śiva (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

śiva (noun, neuter)

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

śivā (noun, feminine)

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

śivi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

śivi (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
tasmiṃs -
tad (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
tataḥ -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
paramakāraṇe -
paramakāraṇa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

paramakāraṇa (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
Line 2: “pravṛttā prakṛtiṃ gantuṃ sā śanairurajāṃ tathā ”
pravṛttā -
pravṛttā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
prakṛtim -
prakṛti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
gantum -
√gam -> gantum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √gam]

√gam -> gantum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √gam]

√gam -> gantum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √gam]

gantu (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
sā -
sā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
śanair -
śanaiḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

śana (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

śana (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
ura -
uras (noun, masculine)

[compound]

uras (noun, neuter)

[compound]
jām -
jā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]