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 3.67.3

स्वयं यां वेत्ति सर्वात्मा चिरं चेतनरूपिणीम् ।
सा प्रोक्ता जीवशब्देन सैव संकल्पकारिणी ॥ ३ ॥

svayaṃ yāṃ vetti sarvātmā ciraṃ cetanarūpiṇīm |
sā proktā jīvaśabdena saiva saṃkalpakāriṇī || 3 ||

The attribute which the universal soul assumes to itself in the form of perception (chetana), is known by the term living soul, which possesses the power of volition in itself.

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.67.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svayam, Sarvatman, Sarvatma, Ciram, Cira, Cetana, Rupini, Prokta, Jiva, Jivan, Shabda, Sankalpaka, Ari, Arin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.67.3). 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: “svayaṃ yāṃ vetti sarvātmā ciraṃ cetanarūpiṇīm
  • svayam -
  • svayam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • yām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • vetti -
  • vid (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]
  • sarvātmā -
  • sarvātman (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sarvātmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ciram -
  • ciram (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    cira (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    cira (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    cirā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • cetana -
  • cetana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    cetana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rūpiṇīm -
  • rūpiṇī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “ proktā jīvaśabdena saiva saṃkalpakāriṇī
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • proktā* -
  • prokta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    proktā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • jīva -
  • jīva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jīva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jīvan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    jīvan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jīv (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • śabdena -
  • śabda (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • sai -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • saṅkalpakā -
  • saṅkalpaka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saṅkalpaka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saṅkalpakā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ariṇī -
  • ari (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    arin (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.67.3

Cover of edition (1891)

Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)

[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.

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Preview of verse 3.67.3 in Gujarati sript:
સ્વયં યાં વેત્તિ સર્વાત્મા ચિરં ચેતનરૂપિણીમ્ ।
સા પ્રોક્તા જીવશબ્દેન સૈવ સંકલ્પકારિણી ॥ ૩ ॥

Cover of edition (2019)

Vasishtha Rama Samvadam (Telugu)
by Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad (2019)

Set of 4 Volumes; 9789383972142.

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Preview of verse 3.67.3 in Telugu sript:
స్వయం యాం వేత్తి సర్వాత్మా చిరం చేతనరూపిణీమ్ ।
సా ప్రోక్తా జీవశబ్దేన సైవ సంకల్పకారిణీ ॥ ౩ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

The Yogavasistha (Hindi translation)
by Khemraj Shrikrishnadass (2009)

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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