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 7.100.2

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यावज्जीवं सुखं जीवेन्नास्ति मृत्युरगोचरः ।
भस्मीभूतस्य शान्तस्य पुनरागमनं कुतः ॥ २ ॥

yāvajjīvaṃ sukhaṃ jīvennāsti mṛtyuragocaraḥ |
bhasmībhūtasya śāntasya punarāgamanaṃ kutaḥ || 2 ||

A living being is happy so long, as the dread of death (either of himself or others) is out of his view; and that there is no reappearance (revivification) of the dead, that is already reduced to ashes. (Hence there is no happiness either for the living or dead.
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 (7.100.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vajji, Sukham, Sukha, Nasti, Mrityu, Agocara, Bhasmibhuta, Shanta, Punaragamana, Kutah, Kuta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.100.2). 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: “yāvajjīvaṃ sukhaṃ jīvennāsti mṛtyuragocaraḥ ”
yā -
yā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
vajjī -
vajji (noun, masculine)

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

vajji (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
vam -
va (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

va (noun, neuter)

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

vā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

ve (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
sukham -
sukham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sukha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sukha (noun, neuter)

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

sukhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
jīven -
√jīv (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
nāsti -
nāsti (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
mṛtyur -
mṛtyu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
agocaraḥ -
agocara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “bhasmībhūtasya śāntasya punarāgamanaṃ kutaḥ ”
bhasmībhūtasya -
bhasmībhūta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

bhasmībhūta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
śāntasya -
śānta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

śānta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√śam -> śānta (participle, masculine)

[genitive single from √śam class 4 verb], [genitive single from √śam class 9 verb]

√śam -> śānta (participle, neuter)

[genitive single from √śam class 4 verb], [genitive single from √śam class 9 verb]
punarāgamanam -
punarāgamana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
kutaḥ -
kutaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kutaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kuta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]