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 7.170.2

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
स्वप्रवाहेहितं नाम स्वप्रायेहितनाम च ।
स्वकर्म नाम चास्यास्ते मित्रमेकमकृत्रिमम् ॥ २ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
svapravāhehitaṃ nāma svaprāyehitanāma ca |
svakarma nāma cāsyāste mitramekamakṛtrimam || 2 ||

Vasishtha replied:—Our own conduct alone is our only true friend, whether it is ingenite in our nature, or derived by our extrinsic training and education from others.

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (7.170.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shri, Vasishtha, Svap, Rava, Ahe, Aha, Ahi, Ihita, Naman, Raya, Rai, Svakarman, Asi, Iyam, Idam, Tad, Yushmad, Mitra, Eka, Akritrima,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.170.2). 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: “śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca
  • śrī -
  • śrī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    śrī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • vasiṣṭha* -
  • vasiṣṭha (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: “svapravāhehitaṃ nāma svaprāyehitanāma ca
  • svap -
  • svap (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    svap (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ravā -
  • rava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ravā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    ru (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ahe -
  • ahe (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    aha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    ahi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • īhitam -
  • īhita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    īhita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    īhitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    īh -> īhita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √īh class 1 verb]
    īh -> īhita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √īh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √īh class 1 verb]
  • nāma -
  • nāman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • svap -
  • svap (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    svap (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • rāye -
  • rāya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    rai (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    rai (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • hitanāma -
  • hitanāman (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 3: “svakarma nāma cāsyāste mitramekamakṛtrimam
  • svakarma -
  • svakarman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • nāma -
  • nāman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • asyās -
  • asi (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    asī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    iyam (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • mitram -
  • mitra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mitra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    mitrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ekam -
  • eka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    eka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • akṛtrimam -
  • akṛtrima (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    akṛtrima (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    akṛtrimā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.170.2

Cover of edition (1891)

Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)

[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.

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Preview of verse 7.170.2 in Gujarati sript:
શ્રીવસિષ્ઠ ઉવાચ ।
સ્વપ્રવાહેહિતં નામ સ્વપ્રાયેહિતનામ ચ ।
સ્વકર્મ નામ ચાસ્યાસ્તે મિત્રમેકમકૃત્રિમમ્ ॥ ૨ ॥

Cover of edition (2019)

Vasishtha Rama Samvadam (Telugu)
by Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad (2019)

Set of 4 Volumes; 9789383972142.

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Preview of verse 7.170.2 in Telugu sript:
శ్రీవసిష్ఠ ఉవాచ ।
స్వప్రవాహేహితం నామ స్వప్రాయేహితనామ చ ।
స్వకర్మ నామ చాస్యాస్తే మిత్రమేకమకృత్రిమమ్ ॥ ౨ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

The Yogavasistha (Hindi translation)
by Khemraj Shrikrishnadass (2009)

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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