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 3.110.9

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सुरपत्तननिर्माणमसत्सदिव पश्यति ।
वासनावलितं चेतः स्वप्नवज्जाग्रदेव हि ॥ ९ ॥

surapattananirmāṇamasatsadiva paśyati |
vāsanāvalitaṃ cetaḥ svapnavajjāgradeva hi || 9 ||

The building of an aerial castle however untrue, is taken for truth for the time being; and the mind dwelling on hopes, is a dreamer in its waking state.
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 (3.110.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sura, Pattana, Nirmana, Asat, Sad, Sadi, Pashyat, Vasana, Cetri, Cetas, Ceta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.110.9). 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: “surapattananirmāṇamasatsadiva paśyati ”
sura -
sura (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sura (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sur (verb class 6)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

pattana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nirmāṇam -
nirmāṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
asat -
asat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

asat (noun, neuter)

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

√sas (verb class 2)

[imperfect active third single]
sadi -
sadi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

sadi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

sadi (noun, neuter)

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

sad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

sad (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
va -
va (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

va (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
paśyati -
paśyat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

paśyat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
Line 2: “vāsanāvalitaṃ cetaḥ svapnavajjāgradeva hi ”
vāsanāva -
vāsana (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ali -
ali (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

alin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
tam -
ta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

tan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
cetaḥ -
cetas (noun, neuter)

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

cetṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

ceta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Cannot analyse svapnavajjāgradeva*hi
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]