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 3.100.12

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प्रतिभासवशादेव मध्यस्थं चित्तजाड्ययोः ।
जीवेतराभिधं चित्तमन्तर्ब्रह्मणि दृश्यते ॥ १२ ॥

pratibhāsavaśādeva madhyasthaṃ cittajāḍyayoḥ |
jīvetarābhidhaṃ cittamantarbrahmaṇi dṛśyate || 12 ||

The power called the living principle, is a reflection of God, and is of a nature between the thinking mind and dull matter, and is derived from Brahma.
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 (3.100.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pratibhasa, Vasha, Eva, Madhyastha, Cittaja, Yoh, Citta, Antar, Brahman, Drishyata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.100.12). 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: “pratibhāsavaśādeva madhyasthaṃ cittajāḍyayoḥ ”
pratibhāsa -
pratibhāsa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vaśād -
vaśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

vaśa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
madhyastham -
madhyastha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

madhyastha (noun, neuter)

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

madhyasthā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
cittajā -
cittaja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
aḍya -
√aḍ -> aḍya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √aḍ]
yoḥ -
yoḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

i (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

yu (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

yu (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “jīvetarābhidhaṃ cittamantarbrahmaṇi dṛśyate ”
jīveta -
√jīv (verb class 1)

[optative active second plural]
rā -
ṛ (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [instrumental single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [instrumental single]

ra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

rā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ābhidham -
ābhidhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
cittam -
citta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

citta (noun, neuter)

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

cittā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√cit (verb class 2)

[imperative active second dual]
antar -
antar (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

antar (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
brahmaṇi -
brahman (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
dṛśyate -
dṛśyatā (noun, feminine)

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

√dṛś (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]