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 3.119.27

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भाः स्वात्मनीव कचति न कचत्येव तत्पदम् ।
भासां तत्त्वं हि कचनं पदं त्वकचनं विदुः ॥ २७ ॥

bhāḥ svātmanīva kacati na kacatyeva tatpadam |
bhāsāṃ tattvaṃ hi kacanaṃ padaṃ tvakacanaṃ viduḥ || 27 ||

The light of the luminaries shines of itself, but not so the Divine light; it is the nature of all lights to shine of themselves, but the light of Brahma is not visible to sight.
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 (3.119.27). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bha, Svatman, Iva, Kacat, Eva, Tatpada, Bhas, Bhasa, Tattva, Pada, Tvac, Vidu, Vidus,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.119.27). 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: “bhāḥ svātmanīva kacati na kacatyeva tatpadam ”
bhāḥ -
bhās (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

bha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

bhā (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [nominative plural], [vocative single], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
svātmanī -
svātman (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kacati -
√kac -> kacat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √kac class 1 verb]

√kac -> kacat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √kac class 1 verb]

√kac (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kacatye -
√kac -> kacat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √kac class 1 verb]

√kac -> kacat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √kac class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √kac class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √kac class 1 verb], [locative single from √kac class 1 verb]

√kac (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tatpadam -
tatpada (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tatpada (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “bhāsāṃ tattvaṃ hi kacanaṃ padaṃ tvakacanaṃ viduḥ ”
bhāsām -
bhās (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

bhāsā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
tattvam -
tattva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
kacan -
√kac -> kacat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kac class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kac class 1 verb]
am -
a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
padam -
pada (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tvak -
tvac (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
acanam -
√can (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first single]
viduḥ -
vidus (noun, masculine)

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

vidus (noun, neuter)

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

vidu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

vidu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vid (verb class 2)

[perfect active third plural]