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 7.125.61

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व्यवहारे यथैवाज्ञस्तथैव खलु पण्डितः ।
वासनावासने एव कारणं बन्धमोक्षयोः ॥ ६१ ॥

vyavahāre yathaivājñastathaiva khalu paṇḍitaḥ |
vāsanāvāsane eva kāraṇaṃ bandhamokṣayoḥ || 61 ||

A man acting either wisely or foolishly in life, is neither bound to or liberated in this world; but it is his ardent desire of or apathy to worldliness, that constitutes his bondage to or liberation from it.
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 (7.125.61). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vyavahara, Yatha, Ajna, Tatha, Khalu, Pandita, Vasana, Asana, Eva, Karana, Bandhamoksha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.125.61). 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: “vyavahāre yathaivājñastathaiva khalu paṇḍitaḥ ”
vyavahāre -
vyavahāra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
yathai -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
aivā -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
ajñas -
ajña (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
khalu -
khalu (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

khalu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

khalu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

khalu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
paṇḍitaḥ -
paṇḍita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√paṇḍ -> paṇḍita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √paṇḍ class 10 verb]
Line 2: “vāsanāvāsane eva kāraṇaṃ bandhamokṣayoḥ ”
vāsanāvā -
vāsana (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
āsane -
āsana (noun, neuter)

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

āsanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kāraṇam -
kāraṇa (noun, neuter)

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

kāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
bandhamokṣayoḥ -
bandhamokṣa (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

bandhamokṣa (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]