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 7.170.33

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प्रवृत्तवाक्पुण्यकथो जिह्मानां प्रतिभानवान् ।
निमेषेणैव निर्णेता वक्ताशु बहु वस्तुनः ॥ ३३ ॥

pravṛttavākpuṇyakatho jihmānāṃ pratibhānavān |
nimeṣeṇaiva nirṇetā vaktāśu bahu vastunaḥ || 33 ||

When engaged in some righteous discourse, he exposes the fallacy of sophistical reasoners; and clears all doubts in a moment, by the versatility of his conversation on various subjects all at once.
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 (7.170.33). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pravrittavac, Punyaka, Tha, Jihma, Pratibhanavat, Nimesha, Nirnetri, Vaktri, Vakta, Ashu, Bahu, Vastu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.170.33). 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: “pravṛttavākpuṇyakatho jihmānāṃ pratibhānavān ”
pravṛttavāk -
pravṛttavāc (noun, masculine)

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

pravṛttavāc (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
puṇyaka -
puṇyaka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tho* -
tha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jihmānām -
jihma (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

jihma (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

jihmā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
pratibhānavān -
pratibhānavat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “nimeṣeṇaiva nirṇetā vaktāśu bahu vastunaḥ ”
nimeṣeṇai -
nimeṣa (noun, masculine)

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

[imperfect active first dual]
nirṇetā -
nirṇetṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vaktā -
vaktṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√vaj -> vakta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vaj class 1 verb]

√vaj -> vakta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √vaj class 1 verb]

√vaj -> vaktā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √vaj class 1 verb]

√vak -> vakta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vak class 1 verb]

√vak -> vakta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √vak class 1 verb]

√vak -> vaktā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √vak class 1 verb]

√vac (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural], [periphrastic-future active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
āśu -
āśu (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

āśu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

āśu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

āśu (noun, neuter)

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

āśu (noun, feminine)

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

[indeclinable]

bahu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

bahu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bahu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vastunaḥ -
vastu (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]