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 3.21.69

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लीलोवाच ।
एतावन्तं चिरं कालमेते देवि वयं वद ।
भ्रामिताः केन नामापि द्वैताद्वैतविकल्पनैः ॥ ६९ ॥

līlovāca |
etāvantaṃ ciraṃ kālamete devi vayaṃ vada |
bhrāmitāḥ kena nāmāpi dvaitādvaitavikalpanaiḥ || 69 ||

Lila said:—If it is so at all times, then tell me, O goddess! how we happened to fall into the error of attributing duality and diversity to His 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 (3.21.69). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Lila, Etavat, Ciram, Cira, Kalam, Kala, Eta, Etad, Eti, Esha, Devi, Devin, Vaya, Asmad, Vada, Bhramita, Kena, Kah, Kim, Naman, Api, Dvaita, Vikalpana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.21.69). 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: “līlovāca ”
līlo -
līla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

līla (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

līlā (noun, feminine)

[nominative 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: “etāvantaṃ ciraṃ kālamete devi vayaṃ vada ”
etāvantam -
etāvat (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
ciram -
ciram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

cira (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

cira (noun, neuter)

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

cirā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
kālam -
kālam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kāla (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kāla (noun, neuter)

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

kālā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ete -
eta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

eta (noun, neuter)

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

etā (noun, feminine)

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

etad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

eti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

eṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]
devi -
devī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

devin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

devin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vayam -
vaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vayā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative dual]
vada -
vada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vad (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Line 3: “bhrāmitāḥ kena nāmāpi dvaitādvaitavikalpanaiḥ ”
bhrāmitāḥ -
bhrāmita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bhrāmitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√bhram -> bhrāmita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √bhram], [vocative plural from √bhram]

√bhram -> bhrāmitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √bhram], [vocative plural from √bhram], [accusative plural from √bhram]
kena -
kena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kena (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kena (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ka (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ka (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
nāmā -
nāman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
dvaitād -
dvaita (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
vaita -
√vā (verb class 1)

[optative active second plural], [optative middle third single]
vikalpanaiḥ -
vikalpana (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

vikalpana (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]