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 3.54.16

सर्गादौ स्वयमेवान्तश्चिद्यथा कचितात्मनि ।
हिमाग्न्यादितयाद्यापि सा तथास्ते स्वसत्तया ॥ १६ ॥

sargādau svayamevāntaścidyathā kacitātmani |
himāgnyāditayādyāpi sā tathāste svasattayā || 16 ||

The elementary bodies of fire and frost still continue in the same state, as their elements were first formed in the Divine mind in the beginning of creation.

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.54.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sarga, Ada, Svayam, Eva, Tas, Cidi, Atha, Atman, Hima, Agni, Adita, Adyapi, Tatha, Tad, Yushmad, Svasatta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.54.16). 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: “sargādau svayamevāntaścidyathā kacitātmani
  • sargā -
  • sarga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • adau -
  • ada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ad (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • svayam -
  • svayam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • evān -
  • eva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • taś -
  • tas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cidya -
  • cidi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    cidi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    cidi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • athā -
  • athā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • kacitā -
  • kac (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • ātmani -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • Line 2: “himāgnyāditayādyāpi tathāste svasattayā
  • himā -
  • hima (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hima (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    himā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • agnyā -
  • agni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • āditayā -
  • āditā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    ad -> āditā (participle, feminine)
    [instrumental single from √ad]
  • adyāpi -
  • adyāpi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tathās -
  • tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • svasattayā -
  • svasattā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.54.16

Cover of edition (1891)

Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)

[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.

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Preview of verse 3.54.16 in Gujarati sript:
સર્ગાદૌ સ્વયમેવાન્તશ્ચિદ્યથા કચિતાત્મનિ ।
હિમાગ્ન્યાદિતયાદ્યાપિ સા તથાસ્તે સ્વસત્તયા ॥ ૧૬ ॥

Cover of edition (2019)

Vasishtha Rama Samvadam (Telugu)
by Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad (2019)

Set of 4 Volumes; 9789383972142.

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Preview of verse 3.54.16 in Telugu sript:
సర్గాదౌ స్వయమేవాన్తశ్చిద్యథా కచితాత్మని ।
హిమాగ్న్యాదితయాద్యాపి సా తథాస్తే స్వసత్తయా ॥ ౧౬ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

The Yogavasistha (Hindi translation)
by Khemraj Shrikrishnadass (2009)

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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