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 3.4.53

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यद्द्रष्टुरस्याद्रष्टृत्वं दृश्याभावे भवेद्वलात् ।
तद्विद्धि केवलीभावं तत एवासतः सतः ॥ ५३ ॥

yaddraṣṭurasyādraṣṭṛtvaṃ dṛśyābhāve bhavedvalāt |
tadviddhi kevalībhāvaṃ tata evāsataḥ sataḥ || 53 ||

As the disappearance of an appearance makes the observer no observer of it, know such to be the state of the abstraction of the mind from whatever is real or unreal in the world.
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 (3.4.53). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yat, Yad, Drashtri, Asi, Drashtritva, Drishya, Drishi, Abhava, Vala, Tadvid, Kevali, Kevalin, Bhava, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Eva, Asat, Satah, Sat, Sata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.4.53). 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: “yaddraṣṭurasyādraṣṭṛtvaṃ dṛśyābhāve bhavedvalāt ”
yad -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

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

yat (noun, neuter)

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

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

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

[ablative single], [genitive single]
asyā -
asi (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

asī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
draṣṭṛtvam -
draṣṭṛtva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
dṛśyā -
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]

dṛśi (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

dṛśyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]

√dṛś -> dṛśyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
abhāve -
abhāva (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
bhaved -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
valāt -
vala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
Line 2: “tadviddhi kevalībhāvaṃ tata evāsataḥ sataḥ ”
tadviddh -
tadvid (noun, masculine)

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

tadvid (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
kevalī -
kevalī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

kevalin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhāvam -
bhāva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

√bhū -> bhāvam (absolutive)

[absolutive from √bhū]
tata* -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
evā -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

evā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
asataḥ -
asat (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

asat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
sataḥ -
sataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sat (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

sat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

sata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]