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 3.18.15

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श्रीदेव्युवाच ।
अकृत्रिमत्वं सर्गस्य कीदृशं वद सुन्दरि ।
कीदृशं कृत्रिमत्वं स्याद्यथावत्कथयेति मे ॥ १५ ॥

śrīdevyuvāca |
akṛtrimatvaṃ sargasya kīdṛśaṃ vada sundari |
kīdṛśaṃ kṛtrimatvaṃ syādyathāvatkathayeti me || 15 ||

The goddess asked said:—"Tell me fair lady, what is the nature of the real world, and what you mean, by its unreality."
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 (3.18.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shridevi, Akritrima, Tva, Yushmad, Sarga, Kidrish, Kidrisha, Vada, Sundari, Kritrimatva, Syadya, Tha, Atka, Yah, Yat, Iti, Asmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.18.15). 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: “śrīdevyuvāca ”
śrīdevyu -
śrīdevī (noun, masculine)

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

śrīdevī (noun, feminine)

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

śrīdevī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “akṛtrimatvaṃ sargasya kīdṛśaṃ vada sundari ”
akṛtrima -
akṛtrima (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

akṛtrima (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tvam -
tva (noun, neuter)

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

tva (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
sargasya -
sarga (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
kīdṛśam -
kīdṛśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kīdṛśā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

kīdṛś (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
vada -
vada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vad (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
sundari -
sundarī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
Line 3: “kīdṛśaṃ kṛtrimatvaṃ syādyathāvatkathayeti me ”
kīdṛśam -
kīdṛśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kīdṛśā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

kīdṛś (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
kṛtrimatvam -
kṛtrimatva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
syādya -
√syad -> syādya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √syad class 1 verb]

√syad -> syādya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √syad class 1 verb]
thāva -
tha (noun, masculine)

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

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

[compound], [vocative single]

tha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ye -
yā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yā (noun, feminine)

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

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

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

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
me -
ma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

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

mā (noun, feminine)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]