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 2.18.37

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अहं जगदिति प्रौढो द्रष्टृदृश्यपिशाचकः ।
पिशाचोऽर्कोदयेनेव स्वयं शाम्यत्ययत्नतः ॥ ३७ ॥

ahaṃ jagaditi prauḍho draṣṭṛdṛśyapiśācakaḥ |
piśāco'rkodayeneva svayaṃ śāmyatyayatnataḥ || 37 ||

The ego and the non-ego, that is, the viewer and the view, are both but chimeras of the imagination, and it is their annihilation alone, that leads insensibly to the vision of the 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 (2.18.37). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Aha, Asmad, Jagat, Iti, Praudha, Drishya, Pishacaka, Pishaca, Arka, Udaya, Iva, Svayam, Shamyat, Ayatna, Tas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.18.37). 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: “ahaṃ jagaditi prauḍho draṣṭṛdṛśyapiśācakaḥ ”
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
jagad -
jagat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

jagat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
prauḍho* -
prauḍha (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [adverb]
dṛśya -
dṛśya (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

dṛśya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dṛśya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, masculine)

[compound from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, neuter)

[compound from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
piśācakaḥ -
piśācaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “piśāco'rkodayeneva svayaṃ śāmyatyayatnataḥ ”
piśāco' -
piśāca (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
arko -
arka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

arka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
udayene -
udaya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
svayam -
svayam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
śāmyatya -
√śam -> śāmyat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √śam class 4 verb]

√śam -> śāmyat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √śam class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √śam class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √śam class 4 verb], [locative single from √śam class 4 verb]

√śam (verb class 4)

[present active third single]
ayatna -
ayatna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
taḥ -
tas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tas (noun, neuter)

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

ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]