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 7.187.1

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श्रीराम उवाच ।
विचित्राणामसंख्यानां भावानां नियतिः कुतः ।
कथं स्वभावो भावानामेकरूपः स्थितोऽचलः ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca |
vicitrāṇāmasaṃkhyānāṃ bhāvānāṃ niyatiḥ kutaḥ |
kathaṃ svabhāvo bhāvānāmekarūpaḥ sthito'calaḥ || 1 ||

Rama rejoined:—Tell me sir, how can one paramount destiny, guide the fates of these endless chains and varieties of beings; and how can one uniform nature, be the predominant feature of all these various kinds of beings.
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 (7.187.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shrirama, Vicitra, Asankhya, Bhava, Niyati, Kutah, Kuta, Katham, Katha, Svabhava, Ekarupa, Sthita, Acala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.187.1). 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: “vicitrāṇāmasaṃkhyānāṃ bhāvānāṃ niyatiḥ kutaḥ ”
vicitrāṇām -
vicitra (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

vicitra (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

vicitrā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
asaṅkhyānām -
asaṅkhya (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

asaṅkhya (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

asaṅkhyā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
bhāvānām -
bhāva (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
niyatiḥ -
niyati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kutaḥ -
kutaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kutaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kuta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 3: “kathaṃ svabhāvo bhāvānāmekarūpaḥ sthito'calaḥ ”
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
svabhāvo* -
svabhāva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhāvānām -
bhāva (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
ekarūpaḥ -
ekarūpa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sthito' -
sthita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
acalaḥ -
acala (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√cal (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]