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 2.17.42

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अचेत्यचित्प्रकाशात्मा विज्ञानात्मा निरामयः ।
परमाकाशकोशाच्छः शान्तसर्वभवभ्रमः ॥ ४२ ॥

acetyacitprakāśātmā vijñānātmā nirāmayaḥ |
paramākāśakośācchaḥ śāntasarvabhavabhramaḥ || 42 ||

The intellect being abstracted from all its objects, presents the manifestation of the soul, which is full of intelligence and free from all impurity. It is enveloped in the sheath of infinite vacuity, and is wholly pure and devoid of worldly errors.
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 (2.17.42). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Acit, Prakashatman, Vijnanatman, Niramaya, Paramakasha, Kosha, Sha, Shas, Shanta, Saru, Sarva, Abhava, Bhrama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.17.42). 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: “acetyacitprakāśātmā vijñānātmā nirāmayaḥ ”
acet -
√ac (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

√añc (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

√cit (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second single], [imperfect active third single]
ya -
i (noun, masculine)

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

ī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
acit -
acit (noun, feminine)

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

acit (noun, masculine)

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

acit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
prakāśātmā -
prakāśātman (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vijñānātmā -
vijñānātman (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
nirāmayaḥ -
nirāmaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “paramākāśakośācchaḥ śāntasarvabhavabhramaḥ ”
paramākāśa -
paramākāśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

paramākāśa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kośācch -
kośa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
śaḥ -
śas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śas (noun, neuter)

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

śa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śānta -
śānta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śānta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√śam -> śānta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √śam class 4 verb], [vocative single from √śam class 9 verb]

√śam -> śānta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √śam class 4 verb], [vocative single from √śam class 9 verb]
sarva -
saru (noun, masculine)

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

saru (noun, neuter)

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

saru (noun, feminine)

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

sarva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sarva (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
bhramaḥ -
bhrama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]