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 3.9.70

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स एवान्यतयोदेति यत्पदार्थशतभ्रमैः ।
कटकाङ्गदकेयूरनूपुरैरिव काञ्चनम् ॥ ७० ॥

sa evānyatayodeti yatpadārthaśatabhramaiḥ |
kaṭakāṅgadakeyūranūpurairiva kāñcanam || 70 ||

It is he that exhibits himself otherwise than what he is, in hundreds of different shapes to our mistaken minds, as the substance of gold is made to appear to our view in the various forms of bracelets, armlets, and a hundred other sorts of trinkets.
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 (3.9.70). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sah, Eva, Iti, Yat, Yad, Padartha, Shata, Bhrama, Katakangada, Keyura, Nupura, Iva, Kancana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.9.70). 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: “sa evānyatayodeti yatpadārthaśatabhramaiḥ ”
sa* -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
evānya -
eva (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
atayo -
√tay (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]
de -
da (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

da (noun, neuter)

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

dā (noun, feminine)

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

dā (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single], [dative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
yat -
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]
padārtha -
padārtha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
śata -
śata (noun, neuter)

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

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “kaṭakāṅgadakeyūranūpurairiva kāñcanam ”
kaṭakāṅgada -
kaṭakāṅgada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kaṭakāṅgada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
keyūra -
keyūra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

keyūra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nūpurair -
nūpura (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

nūpura (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kāñcanam -
kāñcana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kāñcana (noun, neuter)

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