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 7.157.31

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ना यथा यतते नित्यं यद्भावयति यन्मयः ।
यादृगिच्छेच्च भवितुं तादृग्भवति नान्यथा ॥ ३१ ॥

nā yathā yatate nityaṃ yadbhāvayati yanmayaḥ |
yādṛgicchecca bhavituṃ tādṛgbhavati nānyathā || 31 ||

Whatever a man is intent upon doing, and tries to effect at all times; and whatsoever one desires with earnestness, and is constantly devoted to the same pursuit, he is to succeed in it, and have his object without fail.
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 (7.157.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yatha, Nityam, Nitya, Yat, Yad, Bhavayat, Yanmaya, Yadrish, Tadrik, Tadrish, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Atha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.157.31). 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: “nā yathā yatate nityaṃ yadbhāvayati yanmayaḥ ”
nā* -
na (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
yatate -
√yat (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]
nityam -
nityam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

nitya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nitya (noun, neuter)

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

nityā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
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]
bhāvayati -
bhāvayatin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

√bhū -> bhāvayat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √bhū]

√bhū -> bhāvayat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √bhū]

√bhū (verb class 0)

[present active third single]
yanmayaḥ -
yanmaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “yādṛgicchecca bhavituṃ tādṛgbhavati nānyathā ”
yādṛg -
yādṛś (noun, masculine)

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

yādṛś (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
icchec -
√iṣ (verb class 6)

[optative active third single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhavitum -
√bhū -> bhavitum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √bhū]
tādṛg -
tādṛk (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tādṛś (noun, masculine)

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

tādṛś (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
bhavati -
bhavatī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

bhavat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhavat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

bhavant (pronoun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhavant (pronoun, neuter)

[locative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
nānya -
na (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
athā -
athā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]