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 3.110.31

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स्पन्देषु वायुतामेति प्रकाशेषु प्रकाशताम् ।
द्रवेषु द्रवतामेति चिच्छक्तिस्फुरितं मनः ॥ ३१ ॥

spandeṣu vāyutāmeti prakāśeṣu prakāśatām |
draveṣu dravatāmeti cicchaktisphuritaṃ manaḥ || 31 ||

The mind is a pulsation of the power of the Divine Intellect, that ventilates in the breeze and glares in luminous bodies, melts in the liquids and hardens in solid substances.
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 (3.110.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Spanda, Vayu, Tama, Tami, Iti, Prakasha, Prakashata, Drava, Dravat, Dravata, Sphurita, Mana, Manas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.110.31). 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: “spandeṣu vāyutāmeti prakāśeṣu prakāśatām ”
spandeṣu -
spanda (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
vāyu -
vāyu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vāyu (noun, neuter)

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

vāyu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
tāme -
tāma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

tāmi (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
prakāśeṣu -
prakāśa (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

prakāśa (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
prakāśatām -
prakāśatā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “draveṣu dravatāmeti cicchaktisphuritaṃ manaḥ ”
draveṣu -
drava (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

drava (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
dravatām -
dravat (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

dravat (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

dravatā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

√dru (verb class 1)

[imperative active third dual]
eti -
eti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√i (verb class 2)

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

[compound], [adverb]
sphuritam -
sphurita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sphurita (noun, neuter)

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

sphuritā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√sphur -> sphurita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √sphur class 6 verb]

√sphur -> sphurita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √sphur class 6 verb], [accusative single from √sphur class 6 verb]
manaḥ -
manas (noun, neuter)

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

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]