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 7.143.73

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एतन्म्लेच्छादिदेशेषु मृतानां दर्शनात्पुनः ।
स्मृतिपूर्वं च कथनात्प्रत्यक्षमनुभूयते ॥ ७३ ॥

etanmlecchādideśeṣu mṛtānāṃ darśanātpunaḥ |
smṛtipūrvaṃ ca kathanātpratyakṣamanubhūyate || 73 ||

That the souls of men do not die with their bodies, is evident from the instances of the ghosts and spirits of the barbarians, that are invoked by wizards, and made to relate the incidents of their past lives.
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 (7.143.73). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Etad, Mleccha, Ida, Isha, Mrita, Darshana, Puna, Purvam, Purva, Kathana, Pratyaksham, Pratyaksha, Anubhuya, Tad, Yushmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.143.73). 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: “etanmlecchādideśeṣu mṛtānāṃ darśanātpunaḥ ”
etan -
etad (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

etad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
mlecchād -
mleccha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

mleccha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ide -
idā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
īśeṣu -
īśa (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

īśa (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
mṛtānām -
mṛta (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

mṛta (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

mṛtā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

√mṛ -> mṛta (participle, masculine)

[genitive plural from √mṛ class 1 verb], [genitive plural from √mṛ class 6 verb]

√mṛ -> mṛta (participle, neuter)

[genitive plural from √mṛ class 1 verb], [genitive plural from √mṛ class 6 verb]

√mṛ -> mṛtā (participle, feminine)

[genitive plural from √mṛ class 1 verb], [genitive plural from √mṛ class 6 verb]
darśanāt -
darśana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

darśana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
punaḥ -
pu (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

puna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pū (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “smṛtipūrvaṃ ca kathanātpratyakṣamanubhūyate ”
smṛti -
smṛti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
pūrvam -
pūrvam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pūrva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pūrva (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kathanāt -
kathana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

kathana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
pratyakṣam -
pratyakṣam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pratyakṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pratyakṣa (noun, neuter)

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

pratyakṣā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
anubhūya -
anubhūya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]