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 7.94.23

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द्वयोस्तु सिद्धयोः सिद्धविरुद्धेप्सितयोर्मिथः ।
अधिकैकावदातात्मा जयी पुरुषयत्नवान् ॥ २३ ॥

dvayostu siddhayoḥ siddhaviruddhepsitayormithaḥ |
adhikaikāvadātātmā jayī puruṣayatnavān || 23 ||

But when two persons are engaged in the same pursuit, or one of them is opposed to the views of the other; the attempt of the more arduous is crowned with success, and that of the weaker meets with its failure.
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 (7.94.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dva, Dvayu, Siddha, Viruddha, Ipsita, Mithah, Adhika, Aika, Adatri, Atma, Jayin, Jayi, Purusha, Yatnavat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.94.23). 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: “dvayostu siddhayoḥ siddhaviruddhepsitayormithaḥ ”
dvayos -
dva (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

dva (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

dvā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

dvayu (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

dvayu (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
siddhayoḥ -
siddha (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

siddha (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

siddhā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

√sidh -> siddha (participle, masculine)

[genitive dual from √sidh class 4 verb], [locative dual from √sidh class 4 verb]

√sidh -> siddha (participle, neuter)

[genitive dual from √sidh class 4 verb], [locative dual from √sidh class 4 verb]

√sidh -> siddhā (participle, feminine)

[genitive dual from √sidh class 4 verb], [locative dual from √sidh class 4 verb]

√sidh -> siddha (participle, masculine)

[genitive dual from √sidh class 1 verb], [locative dual from √sidh class 1 verb]

√sidh -> siddha (participle, neuter)

[genitive dual from √sidh class 1 verb], [locative dual from √sidh class 1 verb]

√sidh -> siddhā (participle, feminine)

[genitive dual from √sidh class 1 verb], [locative dual from √sidh class 1 verb]
siddha -
siddha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

siddha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sidh -> siddha (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sidh class 4 verb]

√sidh -> siddha (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sidh class 4 verb]

√sidh -> siddha (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sidh class 1 verb]

√sidh -> siddha (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sidh class 1 verb]
viruddhe -
viruddha (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

viruddha (noun, masculine)

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

viruddha (noun, neuter)

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

viruddhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
īpsitayor -
īpsita (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

īpsita (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

īpsitā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

√āp -> īpsita (participle, masculine)

[genitive dual from √āp], [locative dual from √āp]

√āp -> īpsita (participle, neuter)

[genitive dual from √āp], [locative dual from √āp]

√āp -> īpsitā (participle, feminine)

[genitive dual from √āp], [locative dual from √āp]
mithaḥ -
mithaḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

mithaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “adhikaikāvadātātmā jayī puruṣayatnavān ”
adhikai -
adhika (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

adhika (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

adhikā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aikāva -
aika (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
adātā -
adātṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√dā (verb class 1)

[aorist active second plural]

√dā (verb class 3)

[aorist active second plural]

√dā (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second plural], [aorist active second plural]

√dā (verb class 4)

[aorist active second plural]
atmā* -
atma (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
jayī -
jayī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

jayī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

jayin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
puruṣa -
puruṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

puruṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yatnavān -
yatnavat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]