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 3.22.8

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प्रक्षीणवासना येह जीवतां जीवनस्थितिः ।
अमुक्तैरपरिज्ञाता सा जीवन्मुक्ततोच्यते ॥ ८ ॥

prakṣīṇavāsanā yeha jīvatāṃ jīvanasthitiḥ |
amuktairaparijñātā sā jīvanmuktatocyate || 8 ||

The living man, whose life is freed from all desires in this world, is called the living liberated—jivan-mukta, a state which is unknown to them that are not liberated.
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 (3.22.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prakshina, Vasana, Yah, Yat, Iha, Jivat, Jivata, Jivana, Sthiti, Amukta, Apari, Jnatri, Jnata, Jivanmuktata, Ucyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.22.8). 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: “prakṣīṇavāsanā yeha jīvatāṃ jīvanasthitiḥ ”
prakṣīṇa -
prakṣīṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prakṣīṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vāsanā* -
vāsana (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vāsanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ye -
yā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
iha -
iha (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
jīvatām -
jīvat (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

jīvat (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

jīvatā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

√jīv -> jīvat (participle, masculine)

[genitive plural from √jīv class 1 verb]

√jīv -> jīvat (participle, neuter)

[genitive plural from √jīv class 1 verb]

√jīv (verb class 1)

[imperative active third dual]
jīvana -
jīvana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

jīvana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sthitiḥ -
sthiti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “amuktairaparijñātā sā jīvanmuktatocyate ”
amuktair -
amukta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

amukta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
apari -
aparī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
jñātā -
jñātṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

jñātā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√jñā -> jñātā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jñā class 9 verb]

√jñā (verb class 3)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√jñā (verb class 9)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
sā* -
so (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]
jīvanmuktato -
jīvanmuktatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ucyate -
√uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]

√uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]

√vac (verb class 2)

[present passive third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[present passive third single]