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 3.20.43

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वीचित्वं च रसे नास्ति शशशृङ्गवदेव हि ।
सैव चेत्यमिवापन्ना स्वभावादच्युताप्यलम् ॥ ४३ ॥

vīcitvaṃ ca rase nāsti śaśaśṛṅgavadeva hi |
saiva cetyamivāpannā svabhāvādacyutāpyalam || 43 ||

The waves though formed of water, are themselves as false as the horns of hares; and their appearance as natural objects: is altogether false.
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 (3.20.43). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vici, Tva, Yushmad, Rasa, Nasti, Shashashringa, Cetya, Ceti, Iva, Svabhava, Acyuta, Api, Apya, Alam, Ala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.20.43). 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: “vīcitvaṃ ca rase nāsti śaśaśṛṅgavadeva hi ”
vīci -
vīci (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

vīcī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

vīcī (noun, feminine)

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

vīcī (noun, neuter)

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

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

tva (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rase -
rasa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

rasā (noun, feminine)

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

√ras (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
nāsti -
nāsti (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
śaśaśṛṅga -
śaśaśṛṅga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śaśaśṛṅga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vadeva -
√vad (verb class 1)

[optative active first dual]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
Line 2: “saiva cetyamivāpannā svabhāvādacyutāpyalam ”
sai -
sā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
cetyam -
cetya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

cetya (noun, neuter)

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

cetyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√cit -> cetya (participle, masculine)

[adverb from √cit]

√cit -> cetya (participle, neuter)

[adverb from √cit]

√cit -> cetyā (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √cit]

√cit -> cetya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √cit]

√cit -> cetya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √cit], [accusative single from √cit]

cetī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
apannā -
svabhāvād -
svabhāva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
acyutā -
acyuta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

acyuta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

acyutā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
apya -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

apya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ap (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
alam -
alam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ala (noun, neuter)

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