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 3.60.54

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बलवच्चिद्विलासानामनुवृत्त्या परस्परम् ।
स्वभावाः प्रतिबिम्बन्ति चिदादर्शे स्वभावतः ॥ ५४ ॥

balavaccidvilāsānāmanuvṛttyā parasparam |
svabhāvāḥ pratibimbanti cidādarśe svabhāvataḥ || 54 ||

But the thoughts of the fluctuating enjoyments of this world, alternately represented in the mirror of the mind, like the shadows of passing scenes upon a looking glass.
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 (3.60.54). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Balavat, Cidvilasa, Anuvritti, Parasparam, Paraspara, Svabhava, Cit, Adarsha, Svabhavatah, Svabhavata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.60.54). 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: “balavaccidvilāsānāmanuvṛttyā parasparam ”
balavac -
balavat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

balavat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
cidvilāsānām -
cidvilāsa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
anuvṛttyā -
anuvṛtti (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
parasparam -
parasparam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

paraspara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

paraspara (noun, neuter)

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

parasparā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “svabhāvāḥ pratibimbanti cidādarśe svabhāvataḥ ”
svabhāvāḥ -
svabhāva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Cannot analyse pratibimbanti*ci
cid -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ādarśe -
ādarśa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
svabhāvataḥ -
svabhāvataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

svabhāvata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]