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 3.84.31

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यथा चेतस्तनोतीमां जगन्मायां तथानघ ।
श्रृणु त्वं कथयामीदं दृष्टान्तं दृष्टिवेदनम् ॥ ३१ ॥

yathā cetastanotīmāṃ jaganmāyāṃ tathānagha |
śrṛṇu tvaṃ kathayāmīdaṃ dṛṣṭāntaṃ dṛṣṭivedanam || 31 ||

Hear Rama! and I will relate to you an instance for your ocular evidence, how the mind (chitta), spins out the magical world (mayika) from itself. (This ocular instance called the drishtanta-drishtavedana, is that of the spider's thread.
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 (3.84.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yatha, Cetri, Cetas, Ceta, Iyam, Idam, Jaganmaya, Tatha, Agha, Tva, Yushmad, Drishtanta, Drishtin, Drishti, Vedana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.84.31). 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 cetastanotīmāṃ jaganmāyāṃ tathānagha ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
cetas -
cetas (noun, neuter)

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

cetṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

ceta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tanotī -
√tan (verb class 8)

[present active third single]
imām -
iyam (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

idam (pronoun, feminine)

[accusative single]
jaganmāyām -
jaganmāyā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
tathān -
tatha (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
agha -
agha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

agha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “śrṛṇu tvaṃ kathayāmīdaṃ dṛṣṭāntaṃ dṛṣṭivedanam ”
Cannot analyse śrṛṇu*tv
tvam -
tva (noun, neuter)

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

tva (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
kathayāmī -
√kath (verb class 10)

[present active first single]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
dṛṣṭāntam -
dṛṣṭānta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
dṛṣṭi -
dṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

dṛṣṭin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

dṛṣṭin (noun, neuter)

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

dṛṣṭī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

dṛṣṭī (noun, feminine)

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

dṛṣṭī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vedanam -
vedana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vedana (noun, neuter)

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

vedanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]