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 3.66.9

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यथा लीलाभ्रमाद्बालाः कुम्भकृच्चक्रवज्जगत् ।
भ्रान्तं पश्यन्ति चित्तात्तु विद्धि दृश्यं तथैव हि ॥ ९ ॥

yathā līlābhramādbālāḥ kumbhakṛccakravajjagat |
bhrāntaṃ paśyanti cittāttu viddhi dṛśyaṃ tathaiva hi || 9 ||

Know the revolution of the visible world, to resemble the revolving wheel of a potter's mill; which they turn about in play as the rotatory ball of a terrestrial globe.
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 (3.66.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yatha, Lilabhra, Bala, Bhranta, Pashyanti, Pashyat, Citta, Drishya, Tatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.66.9). 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: “yathā līlābhramādbālāḥ kumbhakṛccakravajjagat ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
līlābhram -
līlābhra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

līlābhra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ād -
āt (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
bālāḥ -
bāla (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bālā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Cannot analyse kumbhakṛccakravajjagat
Line 2: “bhrāntaṃ paśyanti cittāttu viddhi dṛśyaṃ tathaiva hi ”
bhrāntam -
bhrānta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bhrānta (noun, neuter)

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

bhrāntā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
paśyanti -
paśyantī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

paśyat (noun, neuter)

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

[adverb], [ablative single]

citta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
viddhi -
viddhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√vid (verb class 2)

[imperative active second single]
dṛśyam -
dṛśya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dṛśya (noun, neuter)

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

dṛśyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, masculine)

[adverb from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, neuter)

[adverb from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛśyā (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √dṛś class 1 verb], [accusative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]