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 3.64.18

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तन्मात्रपञ्चकाकारं चित्तं तेजःकणो भवेत् ।
अजातजगति व्योम्नि तारका पेलवा यथा ॥ १८ ॥

tanmātrapañcakākāraṃ cittaṃ tejaḥkaṇo bhavet |
ajātajagati vyomni tārakā pelavā yathā || 18 ||

The quintessential mind next becomes as a spark of fire (of itself), and remains as a dim star—a nebula, in the midst of the vacuity of the yet unborn universe.
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 (3.64.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tanmatra, Pancaka, Akara, Citta, Teja, Tejas, Kana, Ajata, Jagat, Jagati, Vyoman, Taraka, Pelava, Yatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.64.18). 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: “tanmātrapañcakākāraṃ cittaṃ tejaḥkaṇo bhavet ”
tanmātra -
tanmātra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tanmātra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pañcakā -
pañcaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pañcaka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pañcakā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
akāram -
akāra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
cittam -
citta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

citta (noun, neuter)

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

cittā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√cit (verb class 2)

[imperative active second dual]
tejaḥ -
tejas (noun, neuter)

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

teja (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kaṇo* -
kaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhavet -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
Line 2: “ajātajagati vyomni tārakā pelavā yathā ”
ajāta -
ajāta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ajāta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jagati -
jagatī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

jagat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

jagat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
vyomni -
vyoman (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vyoman (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
tārakā -
tārakā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
pelavā* -
pelava (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

pelavā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]