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 3.41.51

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यथा संकल्पनिर्माणे जीवनं मरणं पुनः ।
यथा गन्धर्वनगरे कुड्यमण्डनवेदनम् ॥ ५१ ॥

yathā saṃkalpanirmāṇe jīvanaṃ maraṇaṃ punaḥ |
yathā gandharvanagare kuḍyamaṇḍanavedanam || 51 ||

Our lives and deaths are mere phantoms of imagination, as we imagine houses and towers in aerial castles and icebergs.
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 (3.41.51). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yatha, Sankalpa, Nirmana, Jivana, Marana, Puna, Gandharvanagara, Kudya, Anda, Ana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.41.51). 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: “yathā saṃkalpanirmāṇe jīvanaṃ maraṇaṃ punaḥ ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
saṅkalpa -
saṅkalpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

saṅkalpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nirmāṇe -
nirmāṇa (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
jīvanam -
jīvana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

jīvana (noun, neuter)

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

jīvanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
maraṇam -
maraṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
punaḥ -
pu (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

puna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pū (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “yathā gandharvanagare kuḍyamaṇḍanavedanam ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
gandharvanagare -
gandharvanagara (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
kuḍyam -
kuḍya (noun, neuter)

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

kuḍyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
aṇḍa -
aṇḍa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
naved -
√nu (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
anam -
ana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]