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 3.21.36

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ब्रह्मैव पश्यति ब्रह्म नाब्रह्म ब्रह्म पश्यति ।
सर्गादिनाम्ना प्रथितः स्वभावोऽस्यैव चेदृशः ॥ ३६ ॥

brahmaiva paśyati brahma nābrahma brahma paśyati |
sargādināmnā prathitaḥ svabhāvo'syaiva cedṛśaḥ || 36 ||

The Brahma believer sees Brahma alone and no other anywhere, and he looks to Brahma through Brahma himself, as the creator and preserver of all, and whose nature includes all other attributes in itself.
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 (3.21.36). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahma, Brahman, Pashyat, Nri, Abrahman, Abrahma, Sarga, Ina, Prathita, Svabhava, Asi, Iyam, Idam, Ced, Risha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.21.36). 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: “brahmaiva paśyati brahma nābrahma brahma paśyati ”
brahmai -
brahma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahman (noun, neuter)

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

brahmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√brahm (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single], [imperative middle first single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
paśyati -
paśyat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

paśyat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
brahma -
brahma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahman (noun, neuter)

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

√brahm (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
nā -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
abrahma -
abrahman (noun, masculine)

[compound]

abrahman (noun, neuter)

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

abrahma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

abrahma (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

brahma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahman (noun, neuter)

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

√brahm (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
paśyati -
paśyat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

paśyat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
Line 2: “sargādināmnā prathitaḥ svabhāvo'syaiva cedṛśaḥ ”
sargād -
sarga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
inām -
inā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
nā -
nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prathitaḥ -
prathita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√prath -> prathita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √prath class 1 verb], [nominative single from √prath class 10 verb], [nominative single from √prath]
svabhāvo' -
svabhāva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
asyai -
asi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single], [dative single]

asi (noun, masculine)

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

asī (noun, feminine)

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

√as -> asya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √as]

a (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

iyam (noun, feminine)

[dative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, feminine)

[dative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[present active second single]

√as (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single], [imperative passive first single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
ced -
ced (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ced (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ṛśaḥ -
ṛśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]