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 3.44.32

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घने तमसि यक्षाभास्तम एव न यक्षकः ।
तस्माज्जन्ममृतिर्मोहो व्यामोहत्वमिदं ततम् ॥ ३२ ॥

ghane tamasi yakṣābhāstama eva na yakṣakaḥ |
tasmājjanmamṛtirmoho vyāmohatvamidaṃ tatam || 32 ||

We see apparitions in the dark, though the darkness itself is no apparition; so our lives and deaths are the false notions of our error, and the whole existence is equally the production of gross error.
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 (3.44.32). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ghana, Tamas, Yaksha, Eva, Yakshaka, Vyamoha, Tva, Yushmad, Idam, Tata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.44.32). 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: “ghane tamasi yakṣābhāstama eva na yakṣakaḥ ”
ghane -
ghana (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ghana (noun, neuter)

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

ghanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
tamasi -
tamas (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
yakṣā -
yakṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yakṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

yakṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√yakṣ (verb class 1)

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

[aorist active second dual]
a* -
a (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yakṣakaḥ -
yakṣaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “tasmājjanmamṛtirmoho vyāmohatvamidaṃ tatam ”
Cannot analyse tasmājjanmamṛtirmoho*vy
vyāmoha -
vyāmoha (noun, masculine)

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

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

tva (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
tatam -
tata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tata (noun, neuter)

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

tatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √tan class 8 verb]

√tan -> tata (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb], [accusative single from √tan class 8 verb]