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 7.173.21

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येनाङ्गदत्वं नास्तीति बुद्धं हेमाङ्गदेन वै ।
अङ्गदत्वं कुतस्तस्य तस्य शुद्धैव हेमता ॥ २१ ॥

yenāṅgadatvaṃ nāstīti buddhaṃ hemāṅgadena vai |
aṅgadatvaṃ kutastasya tasya śuddhaiva hematā || 21 ||

Who says “thou art nothing,” that saying is like the word gold, which has no form of itself, but whose purity is gold.
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 (7.173.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yena, Yah, Yat, Angada, Tva, Yushmad, Nasti, Iti, Buddha, Hemangada, Kutasta, Tad, Shuddha, Hema, Heman, Tan,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.173.21). 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: “yenāṅgadatvaṃ nāstīti buddhaṃ hemāṅgadena vai ”
yenā -
yena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
aṅgada -
aṅgada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aṅgada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tvam -
tva (noun, neuter)

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

tva (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
nāstī -
nāsti (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
buddham -
buddha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

buddha (noun, neuter)

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

buddhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
hemāṅgadena -
hemāṅgada (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
vai -
√vā (verb class 1)

[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
Line 2: “aṅgadatvaṃ kutastasya tasya śuddhaiva hematā ”
aṅgada -
aṅgada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aṅgada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tvam -
tva (noun, neuter)

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

tva (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
kutastasya -
kutasta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
tasya -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
śuddhai -
śuddha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śuddha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

śuddhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√śudh -> śuddha (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √śudh class 4 verb]

√śudh -> śuddha (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √śudh class 4 verb]

√śudh -> śuddhā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śudh class 4 verb]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

hema (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

heman (noun, masculine)

[compound]

heman (noun, neuter)

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

[nominative single]

tan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]