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 3.60.38

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अपूर्वमेवासुप्तस्य नरस्येवोदितं विदुः ।
अचेता चेतति स्तम्भो यादृशं शालभञ्जिकाम् ॥ ३८ ॥

apūrvamevāsuptasya narasyevoditaṃ viduḥ |
acetā cetati stambho yādṛśaṃ śālabhañjikām || 38 ||

Just as the waking man, beholds the wondrous world before him, so also does sleeping man see the same; and both of them resemble the insensible pillar, which finds the images of statues engraved upon it:
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 (3.60.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Apurva, Eva, Asupta, Nara, Iva, Udita, Vidu, Vidus, Aceta, Stambha, Yadrish, Yadrisha, Shalabhanjika,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.60.38). 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: “apūrvamevāsuptasya narasyevoditaṃ viduḥ ”
apūrvam -
apūrva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

apūrva (noun, neuter)

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

apūrvā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
evā -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

evā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
asuptasya -
asupta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

asupta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
narasye -
nara (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

nara (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
ivo -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
uditam -
udita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

udita (noun, neuter)

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

uditā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√vad -> udita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vad class 1 verb]

√vad -> udita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vad class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vad class 1 verb]
viduḥ -
vidus (noun, masculine)

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

vidus (noun, neuter)

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

vidu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

vidu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vid (verb class 2)

[perfect active third plural]
Line 2: “acetā cetati stambho yādṛśaṃ śālabhañjikām ”
acetā -
acetā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
cetati -
√cit (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
stambho* -
stambha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yādṛśam -
yādṛśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

yādṛśa (noun, neuter)

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

yādṛśā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

yādṛś (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
śālabhañjikām -
śālabhañjikā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]