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 3.14.2

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परमाकाशमेवादौ जीवतां चेतति स्वयम् ।
निःस्पन्दाम्भोधिकुहरे सलिलं स्पन्दतामिव ॥ २ ॥

paramākāśamevādau jīvatāṃ cetati svayam |
niḥspandāmbhodhikuhare salilaṃ spandatāmiva || 2 ||

The primeval vacuous soul is awakened at first of itself, and by its own energy from its quietness, and begins to have a motion in itself like the troubled waters of the deep.
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 (3.14.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Paramakasha, Eva, Ada, Jivat, Jivata, Svayam, Nihspanda, Bha, Bhu, Dha, Kuhara, Salila, Iva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.14.2). 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: “paramākāśamevādau jīvatāṃ cetati svayam ”
paramākāśam -
paramākāśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

paramākāśa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
evā -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

evā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
adau -
ada (noun, masculine)

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

ad (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
jīvatām -
jīvat (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

jīvat (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

jīvatā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

√jīv -> jīvat (participle, masculine)

[genitive plural from √jīv class 1 verb]

√jīv -> jīvat (participle, neuter)

[genitive plural from √jīv class 1 verb]

√jīv (verb class 1)

[imperative active third dual]
cetati -
√cit (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
svayam -
svayam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “niḥspandāmbhodhikuhare salilaṃ spandatāmiva ”
niḥspandām -
niḥspandā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
bho -
bha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

bhā (noun, masculine)

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

bhu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

bhu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
dhi -
dhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

dhī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

dhā (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
kuhare -
kuhara (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

kuhara (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
salilam -
salila (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

salila (noun, neuter)

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

salilā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
spandatām -
√spand (verb class 1)

[imperative middle third single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]