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 3.115.5

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इदं तद्वज्रतां यातं तृणमात्रं जगत्त्रये ।
अविद्ययापि यन्नामासदेव सदिव स्थितम् ॥ ५ ॥

idaṃ tadvajratāṃ yātaṃ tṛṇamātraṃ jagattraye |
avidyayāpi yannāmāsadeva sadiva sthitam || 5 ||

O! that this straw of the earth, which shows itself to be so compact a body in the world; is no more than the production of our ignorance, which shows the unreal as a reality.
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 (3.115.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Idam, Tad, Tat, Vajrata, Yata, Trina, Atra, Jagattraya, Avidya, Api, Yannaman, Sadeva, Sad, Sadi, Sthita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.115.5). 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: “idaṃ tadvajratāṃ yātaṃ tṛṇamātraṃ jagattraye ”
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
vajratām -
vajratā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
yātam -
yāt (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

yāta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

yāta (noun, neuter)

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

yātā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√yā -> yāta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √yā class 2 verb]

√yā -> yāta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √yā class 2 verb], [accusative single from √yā class 2 verb]

√yā (verb class 2)

[imperative active second dual]
tṛṇam -
tṛṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tṛṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ātram -
ātra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
jagattraye -
jagattraya (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
Line 2: “avidyayāpi yannāmāsadeva sadiva sthitam ”
avidyayā -
avidyā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
yannāmā -
yannāman (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

sadeva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sad (verb class 6)

[optative active first dual]
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]
sthitam -
sthita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sthita (noun, neuter)

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

sthitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sthā class 1 verb]