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 3.64.11

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चिद्रूपस्यात्मतत्त्वस्य स्वाभाववशतः स्वयम् ।
मनाक्संवेदनमिव यत्तज्जीव इति स्मृतम् ॥ ११ ॥

cidrūpasyātmatattvasya svābhāvavaśataḥ svayam |
manāksaṃvedanamiva yattajjīva iti smṛtam || 11 ||

Our ignorance of the nature of the Divine Intellect and Spirit, throws us to the knowledge of ourselves by our self-consciousness, and this it is, which is called the living soul.
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 (3.64.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Cidrupa, Atmatattva, Svabhava, Vashatah, Vashat, Svayam, Manak, Samvedana, Iva, Iti, Smrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.64.11). 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: “cidrūpasyātmatattvasya svābhāvavaśataḥ svayam ”
cidrūpasyā -
cidrūpa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

cidrūpa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
ātmatattvasya -
ātmatattva (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
svābhāva -
svābhāva (noun, masculine)

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

[indeclinable]

√vaś -> vaśat (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √vaś class 1 verb], [ablative single from √vaś class 1 verb], [genitive single from √vaś class 1 verb]

√vaś -> vaśat (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √vaś class 1 verb], [genitive single from √vaś class 1 verb]

√vaś (verb class 1)

[present active third dual]
svayam -
svayam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “manāksaṃvedanamiva yattajjīva iti smṛtam ”
manāk -
manāk (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
saṃvedanam -
saṃvedana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Cannot analyse yattajjīva*it
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
smṛtam -
smṛta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

smṛta (noun, neuter)

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

smṛtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]