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 3.55.45

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श्रीदेव्युवाच ।
परमार्थघनं शैलाः परमार्थघनं द्रुमाः ।
परमार्थघनं पृथ्वी परमार्थघनं नभः ॥ ४५ ॥

śrīdevyuvāca |
paramārthaghanaṃ śailāḥ paramārthaghanaṃ drumāḥ |
paramārthaghanaṃ pṛthvī paramārthaghanaṃ nabhaḥ || 45 ||

The goddess replied:—It is the gross view of the abstract, that causes us to assume the discrete spirit, in the concrete forms of the earth and sky and rocks and trees.
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 (3.55.45). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shridevi, Paramartha, Ghanam, Ghana, Shaila, Druma, Prithvi, Nabh, Nabha, Nabhas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.55.45). 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: “śrīdevyuvāca ”
śrīdevyu -
śrīdevī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

śrīdevī (noun, feminine)

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

śrīdevī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative 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: “paramārthaghanaṃ śailāḥ paramārthaghanaṃ drumāḥ ”
paramārtha -
paramārtha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ghanam -
ghanam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ghana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ghana (noun, neuter)

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

ghanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
śailāḥ -
śaila (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śailā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
paramārtha -
paramārtha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ghanam -
ghanam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ghana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ghana (noun, neuter)

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

ghanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
drumāḥ -
druma (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

drumā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 3: “paramārthaghanaṃ pṛthvī paramārthaghanaṃ nabhaḥ ”
paramārtha -
paramārtha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ghanam -
ghanam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ghana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ghana (noun, neuter)

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

ghanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
pṛthvī -
pṛthvī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]
paramārtha -
paramārtha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ghanam -
ghanam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ghana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ghana (noun, neuter)

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

ghanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
nabhaḥ -
nabhas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

nabhas (noun, neuter)

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

nabh (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

nabha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]