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 3.67.73

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भावदार्ढ्यात्मकं मिथ्या ब्रह्मानन्दो विभाव्यते ।
आत्मैव कोशकारेण लालादार्ढ्यात्मकं यथा ॥ ७३ ॥

bhāvadārḍhyātmakaṃ mithyā brahmānando vibhāvyate |
ātmaiva kośakāreṇa lālādārḍhyātmakaṃ yathā || 73 ||

It is our misconception of the blissful Brahma, that produces the wrong notion of solid substances in us; and this imagination of our own making, binds us as fast as the silk-worms are fast bound in the cocoons; formed by their own serum.
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 (3.67.73). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mithya, Brahmananda, Vibhavya, Tad, Yushmad, Atman, Atma, Koshakara, 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 3.67.73). 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: “bhāvadārḍhyātmakaṃ mithyā brahmānando vibhāvyate ”
Cannot analyse bhāvadārḍhyātmakam*mi
mithyā* -
mithya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
brahmānando* -
brahmānanda (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vibhāvya -
vibhāvya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vibhāvya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “ātmaiva kośakāreṇa lālādārḍhyātmakaṃ yathā ”
ātmai -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

ātmā (noun, feminine)

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

[imperfect active first dual]
kośakāreṇa -
kośakāra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

kośakāra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
Cannot analyse lālādārḍhyātmakam*ya
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]