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 3.13.38

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असत्य एव कचति स्वप्ने खोड्डयनं यथा ।
इत्यनुत्पन्न एवासौ स्वयंभूः स्वयमुत्थितः ॥ ३८ ॥

asatya eva kacati svapne khoḍḍayanaṃ yathā |
ityanutpanna evāsau svayaṃbhūḥ svayamutthitaḥ || 38 ||

The unproduced and self-born Brahma, that has risen of himself (and represents the mind), is as unreal as the soaring of a man in the sky in his dream.
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 (3.13.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Asati, Asatya, Eva, Kacat, Svapna, Kha, Uddayana, Yatha, Iti, Itya, Anutpanna, Asi, Asu, Adah, Svayambhu, Svayam, Utthita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.13.38). 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: “asatya eva kacati svapne khoḍḍayanaṃ yathā ”
asatya* -
asatī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

asatya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kacati -
√kac -> kacat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √kac class 1 verb]

√kac -> kacat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √kac class 1 verb]

√kac (verb class 1)

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

[locative single]

svapna (noun, neuter)

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

svapnā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
kho -
kha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

khā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
uḍḍayanam -
uḍḍayana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “ityanutpanna evāsau svayaṃbhūḥ svayamutthitaḥ ”
itya -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

itya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

itya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√i -> itya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √i]

√i -> itya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> itya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
anutpanna* -
anutpanna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
evā -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

evā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
asau -
asi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

asi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

asu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
svayambhūḥ -
svayambhū (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

svayambhū (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]

svayambhu (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]
svayam -
svayam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
utthitaḥ -
utthita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]