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 3.14.54

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चितेर्मरीचिबीजस्य निजा यान्तश्चमत्कृतिः ।
सा चैषा जीवतन्मात्रमात्रं जगदिति स्थिता ॥ ५४ ॥

citermarīcibījasya nijā yāntaścamatkṛtiḥ |
sā caiṣā jīvatanmātramātraṃ jagaditi sthitā || 54 ||

The intellect like the pepper seed, is possest of an exquisite property within itself, and bears like the flavour of the other, the element of the living soul, which is the element of animated nature.
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 (3.14.54). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Citi, Marici, Maricin, Bija, Nija, Yat, Camatkriti, Jivat, Matra, Atra, Jagat, Iti, Sthita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.14.54). 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: “citermarīcibījasya nijā yāntaścamatkṛtiḥ ”
citer -
citi (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

citi (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
marīci -
marīci (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

marīcī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

marīcin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

marīcin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
bījasya -
bīja (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

bīja (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
nijā* -
nija (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nijā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yāntaś -
yāt (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
camatkṛtiḥ -
camatkṛti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “sā caiṣā jīvatanmātramātraṃ jagaditi sthitā ”
sā -
sā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiṣā -
jīvat -
jīvat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

jīvat (noun, neuter)

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

√jīv -> jīvat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √jīv class 1 verb], [vocative single from √jīv class 1 verb], [accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
an -
ad (noun, masculine)

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

ad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
mātram -
mātra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mātra (noun, neuter)

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

mātrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ātram -
ātra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
jagad -
jagat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

jagat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
sthitā -
sthitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√sthā -> sthitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]