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 3.81.65

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द्रष्टैव दृश्यतामेति न द्रष्टृत्वं विनास्ति तत् ।
विना पित्रेव तनयो विना भोक्त्रेव भोग्यता ॥ ६५ ॥

draṣṭaiva dṛśyatāmeti na draṣṭṛtvaṃ vināsti tat |
vinā pitreva tanayo vinā bhoktreva bhogyatā || 65 ||

The viewer himself becomes the view as there can be no view without its viewer. No body prepares any food, unless there be some body to feed upon it.
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 (3.81.65). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Drashtri, Drashta, Drishyata, Drashtritva, Vina, Asti, Tat, Tad, Pitri, Eva, Tanaya, Bhoktri, Bhogyata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.81.65). 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: “draṣṭaiva dṛśyatāmeti na draṣṭṛtvaṃ vināsti tat ”
draṣṭai -
draṣṭṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

draṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√dṛś (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
dṛśyatām -
dṛśyatā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

√dṛś (verb class 1)

[imperative passive third single]
eti -
eti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√i (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
draṣṭṛtvam -
draṣṭṛtva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
vinā -
vinā (indeclinable postposition)

[indeclinable postposition]

vina (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vina (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vi (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vi (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vī (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vinā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
asti -
asti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

astī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

astī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

astī (noun, neuter)

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

√as (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “vinā pitreva tanayo vinā bhoktreva bhogyatā ”
vinā -
vinā (indeclinable postposition)

[indeclinable postposition]

vi (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vi (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vī (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vinā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
pitre -
pitṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [dative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tanayo* -
tanaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vinā* -
vina (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vinā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
bhoktre -
bhoktṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [dative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhogyatā -
bhogyatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]