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 7.157.17

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प्राथम्येनैव यद्ब्रह्म जीवतामिव गच्छति ।
तदैव बुद्ध्या भोक्ता तज्जातिः सात्त्विकसात्त्विकी ॥ १७ ॥

prāthamyenaiva yadbrahma jīvatāmiva gacchati |
tadaiva buddhyā bhoktā tajjātiḥ sāttvikasāttvikī || 17 ||

The spirit of God being blown at first as the living soul (in an animal body); the soul that comes to perceive its incarceration in flesh and its doom to suffering, is said to be of the pure nature of sattiki.
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 (7.157.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prathamya, Yat, Yad, Brahma, Brahman, Jivat, Jivata, Iva, Gacchat, Tada, Buddhi, Bhoktri, Tajja, Sattvika, Sattviki,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.157.17). 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: “prāthamyenaiva yadbrahma jīvatāmiva gacchati ”
prāthamyenai -
prāthamya (noun, neuter)

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

[imperfect active first dual]
yad -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

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

yat (noun, neuter)

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

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
brahma -
brahma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahman (noun, neuter)

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

√brahm (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
jīvatām -
jīvat (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

jīvat (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

jīvatā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

√jīv -> jīvat (participle, masculine)

[genitive plural from √jīv class 1 verb]

√jīv -> jīvat (participle, neuter)

[genitive plural from √jīv class 1 verb]

√jīv (verb class 1)

[imperative active third dual]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
gacchati -
gacchat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

gacchat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√gam (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
Line 2: “tadaiva buddhyā bhoktā tajjātiḥ sāttvikasāttvikī ”
tadai -
tadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tadā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tadā (noun, feminine)

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

[imperfect active first dual]
buddhyā* -
buddhi (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
bhoktā -
bhoktṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√bhuj (verb class 6)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√bhuj (verb class 6)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√bhuj (verb class 7)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
tajjāt -
tajja (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

tajja (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
iḥ -
i (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sāttvika -
sāttvika (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sāttvika (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sāttvikī -
sāttvikī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]