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 7.161.1

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श्रीराम उवाच ।
यन्मुनिव्याधयोरेतद्वृत्तं नानादशाशतम् ।
अन्यकारणकं किं स्यादेतत्किं वा स्वभावजम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca |
yanmunivyādhayoretadvṛttaṃ nānādaśāśatam |
anyakāraṇakaṃ kiṃ syādetatkiṃ vā svabhāvajam || 1 ||

Rama said:—Tell me sir, whether these various events incidental to the lives of the hermit and hunter, were owing to any cause, or of their own spontaneity.
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 (7.161.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shrirama, Yat, Yad, Muni, Vyadha, Etad, Vritta, Nana, Ashan, Ashata, Anyakara, Kah, Kim, Syat, Sya, Svabhavaja,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.161.1). 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: “śrīrāma uvāca ”
śrīrāma* -
śrīrāma (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: “yanmunivyādhayoretadvṛttaṃ nānādaśāśatam ”
yan -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yad (noun, masculine)

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

yat (noun, neuter)

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

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

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

√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]
muni -
muni (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

muni (noun, neuter)

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

munī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

mū (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
vyādhayor -
vyādha (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

vyādhā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]
etad -
etad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

etad (noun, masculine)

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

etad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
vṛttam -
vṛtta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vṛtta (noun, neuter)

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

vṛttā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√vṛt -> vṛtta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]

√vṛt -> vṛtta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vṛt class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]
nānād -
nāna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
aśā -
aśan (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]
aśatam -
aśata (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 3: “anyakāraṇakaṃ kiṃ syādetatkiṃ vā svabhāvajam ”
anyakāra -
anyakāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

anyakāra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ṇa -
ṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
kam -
ka (noun, neuter)

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

ka (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[accusative single]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
syād -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
etat -
etad (noun, masculine)

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

etad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
svabhāvajam -
svabhāvaja (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

svabhāvaja (noun, neuter)

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

svabhāvajā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]