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 3.21.15

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संसारश्चायमाभोगी परमेवेति निश्चयः ।
कारणाभावतो भाति यदिहाभातमेव तत् ॥ १५ ॥

saṃsāraścāyamābhogī parameveti niścayaḥ |
kāraṇābhāvato bhāti yadihābhātameva tat || 15 ||

The world is certainly a monster in itself without the knowledge of its Author; but the difficulty of knowing the first cause, has rendered it an impassable wilderness.
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 (3.21.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Samsara, Caya, Abhogi, Abhogin, Parama, Nishcaya, Karanabhava, Tas, Yadi, Yad, Han, Eva, Tat, Tad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.21.15). 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: “saṃsāraścāyamābhogī parameveti niścayaḥ ”
saṃsāraś -
saṃsāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cāyam -
cāya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

cāya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ābhogī -
ābhogi (noun, feminine)

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

ābhogin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
parame -
parama (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

parama (noun, neuter)

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

paramā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
veti -
√vī (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
niścayaḥ -
niścaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “kāraṇābhāvato bhāti yadihābhātameva tat ”
kāraṇābhāva -
kāraṇābhāva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
to* -
tas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tas (noun, neuter)

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

ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhāti -
bhāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√bhā (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
yadi -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
hā -
ha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

han (noun, neuter)

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

hā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

han (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√hā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
abhātam -
√bhā (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second dual]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]