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 3.100.17

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ब्राह्मी शक्तिरसौ तस्माद्ब्रह्मैव तदरिंदम ।
इदं तदहमित्येव विभागः प्रतिभासजः ॥ १७ ॥

brāhmī śaktirasau tasmādbrahmaiva tadariṃdama |
idaṃ tadahamityeva vibhāgaḥ pratibhāsajaḥ || 17 ||

Thus the mind being but the thinking power of Brahma, receives the appellation of Brahma; and this power appearing as a part of the impersonal Brahma, is identified with Ego.
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 (3.100.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmi, Shakti, Asi, Asu, Adah, Tasmat, Tad, Brahma, Brahman, Tada, Idam, Ham, Iti, Itya, Eva, Vibhaga, Pratibhasa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.100.17). 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: “brāhmī śaktirasau tasmādbrahmaiva tadariṃdama ”
brāhmī -
brāhmī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

brāhmi (noun, masculine)

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

brāhmi (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
śaktir -
śakti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

śakti (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
asau -
asi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

asi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

asu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tasmād -
tasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]
brahmai -
brahma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahman (noun, neuter)

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

brahmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√brahm (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single], [imperative middle first single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ri -
ṛ (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

rī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

rai (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
inda -
√ind (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
ma -
ma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “idaṃ tadahamityeva vibhāgaḥ pratibhāsajaḥ ”
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
tada -
tada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ham -
ham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ha (noun, neuter)

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

hā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

han (noun, neuter)

[adverb]
itye -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

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

itya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

itya (noun, neuter)

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

ityā (noun, feminine)

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

√i -> itya (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> itya (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √i class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √i class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √i class 2 verb], [locative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> ityā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √i class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √i class 2 verb]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vibhāgaḥ -
vibhāga (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
jaḥ -
ja (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]