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 3.4.50

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प्रकाशस्य यथाऽऽलोको यथा वातस्य चापलम् ।
यथा द्रवत्वं पयसि दृश्यत्वं द्रष्टरीदृशम् ॥ ५० ॥

prakāśasya yathā''loko yathā vātasya cāpalam |
yathā dravatvaṃ payasi dṛśyatvaṃ draṣṭarīdṛśam || 50 ||

The visible world is as innate in the all-knowing mind, as the light is inherent in the sun-beams, and velocity and fluidity are inborn in the winds and liquids.
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 (3.4.50). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prakasha, Aloka, Yatha, Vata, Capala, Dravatva, Payas, Drishyatva, Drashtri, Idrish, Idrisha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.4.50). 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: “prakāśasya yathā''loko yathā vātasya cāpalam ”
prakāśasya -
prakāśa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

prakāśa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
yathā' -
aloko* -
aloka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vātasya -
vāta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

vāta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√vā -> vāta (participle, masculine)

[genitive single from √vā class 2 verb]

√vā -> vāta (participle, neuter)

[genitive single from √vā class 2 verb]
cāpalam -
cāpala (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “yathā dravatvaṃ payasi dṛśyatvaṃ draṣṭarīdṛśam ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
dravatvam -
dravatva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
payasi -
payas (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√pay (verb class 1)

[present active second single]

√pi (verb class 1)

[present active second single]

√pī (verb class 1)

[present active second single]
dṛśyatvam -
dṛśyatva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
draṣṭarī -
draṣṭṛ (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
īdṛśam -
īdṛśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

īdṛśa (noun, neuter)

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

īdṛśā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

īdṛś (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

īdṛś (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]