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 7.131.11

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भावाः पतन्तो धावन्ति तस्याधः सर्वतोङ्गकम् ।
यत्रोत्पतन्तो गच्छन्ति तदूर्ध्वमिति शब्दितम् ॥ ११ ॥

bhāvāḥ patanto dhāvanti tasyādhaḥ sarvatoṅgakam |
yatrotpatanto gacchanti tadūrdhvamiti śabditam || 11 ||

The living beings below the earth, are both moving downward or flying upward, as the beasts and birds on the upper side of it; and the region to which they fly is called the upper sky.
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 (7.131.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhava, Patat, Dhavanti, Dhavat, Tad, Adhah, Adhas, Gacchat, Tat, Urdhvam, Urdhva, Iti, Shabdita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.131.11). 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: “bhāvāḥ patanto dhāvanti tasyādhaḥ sarvatoṅgakam ”
bhāvāḥ -
bhāva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
patanto* -
patat (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

√pat -> patat (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √pat class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √pat class 1 verb]
dhāvanti -
dhāvantī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

dhāvat (noun, neuter)

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

√dhāv (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]

√dhāv (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
tasyā -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
adhaḥ -
adhaḥ (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

adhaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

adhas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Cannot analyse sarvatoṅgakam
Line 2: “yatrotpatanto gacchanti tadūrdhvamiti śabditam ”
Cannot analyse yatrotpatanto*ga
gacchanti -
gacchat (noun, neuter)

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

√gam (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ūrdhvam -
ūrdhvam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ūrdhva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ūrdhva (noun, neuter)

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

ūrdhvā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
śabditam -
śabdita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śabdita (noun, neuter)

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

śabditā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√śabd -> śabdita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √śabd class 10 verb]

√śabd -> śabdita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √śabd class 10 verb], [accusative single from √śabd class 10 verb]