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 7.190.68

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श्रीराम उवाच ।
कियन्नाम भवेद्वह्मन्न चेत्योन्मुखता चितेः ।
चित्तस्याचित्ततोदेति कथं निर्वाणकारिणी ॥ ६८ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca |
kiyannāma bhavedvahmanna cetyonmukhatā citeḥ |
cittasyācittatodeti kathaṃ nirvāṇakāriṇī || 68 ||

Rama rejoined:—Tell me sir, how long continues this tendency of the intellect towards the thinkables, and when does the mind come to have its unmindfulness, which causes our coma or anaesthesia of Nirvana.
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 (7.190.68). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shrirama, Kiyat, Ama, Cetya, Ceti, Unmukhata, Citi, Citta, Acitta, Toda, Iti, Katham, Katha, Nirvana, Karini, Kari, Karin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.190.68). 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: “kiyannāma bhavedvahmanna cetyonmukhatā citeḥ ”
kiyann -
kiyat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
āma -
āma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

āma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Cannot analyse bhavedvahmanna*ce
cetyo -
cetya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cetya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√cit -> cetya (participle, masculine)

[compound from √cit]

√cit -> cetya (participle, neuter)

[compound from √cit]

√cit -> cetya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √cit]

cetyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√cit -> cetya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √cit]

√cit -> cetya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √cit]

√cit -> cetyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √cit]

ceti (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

cetī (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]

cetī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
unmukhatā -
unmukhatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
citeḥ -
citi (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

citi (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 3: “cittasyācittatodeti kathaṃ nirvāṇakāriṇī ”
cittasyā -
citta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

citta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
acitta -
acitta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

acitta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√cit (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second plural]
tode -
toda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
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]
nirvāṇa -
nirvāṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nirvāṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kāriṇī -
kāriṇī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

kāri (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

kārin (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]