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 7.143.1

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मुनिरुवाच ।
सर्वेषामेव धर्माणां कर्मणां शर्मणामपि ।
पण्डितः पुण्डरीकाणां मार्तण्ड इव मण्डनम् ॥ १ ॥

muniruvāca |
sarveṣāmeva dharmāṇāṃ karmaṇāṃ śarmaṇāmapi |
paṇḍitaḥ puṇḍarīkāṇāṃ mārtaṇḍa iva maṇḍanam || 1 ||

The sage continued:—The wise man shines in the assembly of the learned, as the sun illumines the assemblage of lotuses, in his investigation of the duties of religion and ceremonial acts, leading to the welfare of men in both worlds.
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 (7.143.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Muni, Sarva, Eva, Dharma, Karman, Sharmana, Sharman, Api, Pandita, Pundarika, Martanda, Iva, Mandana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.143.1). 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: “muniruvāca ”
munir -
muni (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “sarveṣāmeva dharmāṇāṃ karmaṇāṃ śarmaṇāmapi ”
sarveṣām -
sarva (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dharmāṇām -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

dharmā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
karmaṇām -
karman (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
śarmaṇām -
śarmaṇā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

śarman (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

śarman (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]
Line 3: “paṇḍitaḥ puṇḍarīkāṇāṃ mārtaṇḍa iva maṇḍanam ”
paṇḍitaḥ -
paṇḍita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√paṇḍ -> paṇḍita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √paṇḍ class 10 verb]
puṇḍarīkāṇām -
puṇḍarīka (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

puṇḍarīka (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

puṇḍarīkā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
mārtaṇḍa* -
mārtaṇḍa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
maṇḍanam -
maṇḍana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

maṇḍana (noun, neuter)

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

maṇḍanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]