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 3.99.7

मया तान्येव बोध्यन्ते विवेकेन मनांसि हि ।
सततं सुप्रकाशेन कमलानीव भानुना ॥ ७ ॥

mayā tānyeva bodhyante vivekena manāṃsi hi |
satataṃ suprakāśena kamalānīva bhānunā || 7 ||

It is my business to awaken those drowsy minds to the light of reason, as it is the work of the sun to open the lotus-buds to bloom, by his enlivening rays.

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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 (3.99.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Maya, Asmad, Tad, Tanya, Tani, Eva, Viveka, Manas, Satatam, Satata, Suprakasha, Kamala, Iva, Bhanu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.99.7). 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: “mayā tānyeva bodhyante vivekena manāṃsi hi
  • mayā -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    mayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [instrumental single]
  • tānye -
  • tānī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single], [dative single]
    tānī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    tānī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    tan -> tānya (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    tan -> tānya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √tan class 8 verb], [vocative dual from √tan class 8 verb], [accusative dual from √tan class 8 verb], [locative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    tan -> tānyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √tan class 8 verb], [vocative single from √tan class 8 verb], [vocative dual from √tan class 8 verb], [accusative dual from √tan class 8 verb]
    tan -> tānya (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √tan class 4 verb]
    tan -> tānya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √tan class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √tan class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √tan class 4 verb], [locative single from √tan class 4 verb]
    tan -> tānyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √tan class 4 verb], [vocative single from √tan class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √tan class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √tan class 4 verb]
    tan -> tānya (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √tan class 1 verb]
    tan -> tānya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √tan class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √tan class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √tan class 1 verb], [locative single from √tan class 1 verb]
    tan -> tānyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √tan class 1 verb], [vocative single from √tan class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √tan class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √tan class 1 verb]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bodhyante -
  • budh (verb class 0)
    [present passive third plural]
  • vivekena -
  • viveka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • manāṃsi -
  • manas (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Line 2: “satataṃ suprakāśena kamalānīva bhānunā
  • satatam -
  • satatam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    satata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    satata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    satatā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • suprakāśena -
  • suprakāśa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    suprakāśa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • kamalānī -
  • kamala (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • bhānunā -
  • bhānu (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.99.7

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 3.99.7 in Gujarati sript:
મયા તાન્યેવ બોધ્યન્તે વિવેકેન મનાંસિ હિ ।
સતતં સુપ્રકાશેન કમલાનીવ ભાનુના ॥ ૭ ॥

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 3.99.7 in Telugu sript:
మయా తాన్యేవ బోధ్యన్తే వివేకేన మనాంసి హి ।
సతతం సుప్రకాశేన కమలానీవ భానునా ॥ ౭ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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