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 7.175.77

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अनर्थेनाविचारेण वयः कुर्यान्न भस्मसात् ।
बोधेन ज्ञानसारेण दृश्यं कर्तव्यमात्मसात् ॥ ७७ ॥

anarthenāvicāreṇa vayaḥ kuryānna bhasmasāt |
bodhena jñānasāreṇa dṛśyaṃ kartavyamātmasāt || 77 ||

Do not spend your time in false reasoning, nor offer your precious life to fame and ashes; but let your sapient understanding commit the visibles to the invisible soul.
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 (7.175.77). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Anartha, Avicara, Vaya, Vayas, Bhasmasat, Bodha, Jnana, Sara, Drishya, Kartavya, Atmasat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.175.77). 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: “anarthenāvicāreṇa vayaḥ kuryānna bhasmasāt ”
anarthenā -
anartha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

anartha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
avicāreṇa -
avicāra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

avicāra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
vayaḥ -
vayas (noun, neuter)

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

vaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

vi (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ve (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kuryān -
√kṛ (verb class 8)

[optative active third single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhasmasāt -
bhasmasāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “bodhena jñānasāreṇa dṛśyaṃ kartavyamātmasāt ”
bodhena -
bodha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

bodha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
jñāna -
jñāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sāreṇa -
sāra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

sāra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
dṛśyam -
dṛśya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dṛśya (noun, neuter)

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

dṛśyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, masculine)

[adverb from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, neuter)

[adverb from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛśyā (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √dṛś class 1 verb], [accusative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
kartavyam -
kartavya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kartavya (noun, neuter)

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

kartavyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√kṛ -> kartavya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ -> kartavya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ -> kartavya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]

√kṛ -> kartavya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 6 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]
ātmasāt -
ātmasāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]