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 3.4.41

मध्ये यदेतदर्थस्य प्रतिभानं प्रथां गतम् ।
सतो वाप्यसतो वापि तन्मनो विद्धि नेतरत् ॥ ४१ ॥

madhye yadetadarthasya pratibhānaṃ prathāṃ gatam |
sato vāpyasato vāpi tanmano viddhi netarat || 41 ||

The thinking principle is generally believed as something intermediate between the positive and negative, or real and unreal, you must know it as such and no other.

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.4.41). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Madhye, Madhya, Yad, Tadartha, Pratibhana, Pratha, Gata, Satah, Sat, Sata, Vapi, Vapin, Vapya, Asat, Tanmanas, Tanman, Nri, Itara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.4.41). 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: “madhye yadetadarthasya pratibhānaṃ prathāṃ gatam
  • madhye -
  • madhye (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    madhya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    madhya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    madhyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • yade -
  • yad (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • tadarthasya -
  • tadartha (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    tadartha (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • pratibhānam -
  • pratibhāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • prathām -
  • prathā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • gatam -
  • gat (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    gata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    gata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    gatā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “sato vāpyasato vāpi tanmano viddhi netarat
  • sato* -
  • sataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    sat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    sata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vāpya -
  • vāpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vāpī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    vāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vāpya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vāpya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    -> vāpya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √]
    -> vāpya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √]
    vap -> vāpya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √vap]
    vap -> vāpya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √vap]
    -> vāpya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √]
    vap -> vāpya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √vap]
    -> vāpya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √]
    -> vāpya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √]
    vap -> vāpya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √vap]
    vap -> vāpya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √vap]
  • asato* -
  • asat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    asat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • vāpi -
  • vāpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vāpī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    vāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tanmano* -
  • tanmanas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tanmanas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    tanman (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • viddhi -
  • viddhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vid (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ne -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ni (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • itarat -
  • itara (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.4.41

Cover of edition (1891)

Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)

[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.

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Preview of verse 3.4.41 in Gujarati sript:
મધ્યે યદેતદર્થસ્ય પ્રતિભાનં પ્રથાં ગતમ્ ।
સતો વાપ્યસતો વાપિ તન્મનો વિદ્ધિ નેતરત્ ॥ ૪૧ ॥

Cover of edition (2019)

Vasishtha Rama Samvadam (Telugu)
by Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad (2019)

Set of 4 Volumes; 9789383972142.

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Preview of verse 3.4.41 in Telugu sript:
మధ్యే యదేతదర్థస్య ప్రతిభానం ప్రథాం గతమ్ ।
సతో వాప్యసతో వాపి తన్మనో విద్ధి నేతరత్ ॥ ౪౧ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

The Yogavasistha (Hindi translation)
by Khemraj Shrikrishnadass (2009)

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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