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 3.119.40

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मायाचूर्णपरिक्षेपाद्यथा व्योम्नि पुरभ्रमः ।
तथा संविदि संसारः सारोऽसारश्च भासते ॥ ४० ॥

māyācūrṇaparikṣepādyathā vyomni purabhramaḥ |
tathā saṃvidi saṃsāraḥ sāro'sāraśca bhāsate || 40 ||

As it is the practice of magicians, to show magic cities in the air, by sprinkling handfuls of dust before our eyes; so doth our erroneous consciousness represent the unreal world, as a reality unto us.
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 (3.119.40). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Maya, Curna, Parikshepa, Yatha, Vyoman, Pura, Bhrama, Tatha, Samvid, Samsara, Sara, Saru, Saras, Asara, Bhasata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.119.40). 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: “māyācūrṇaparikṣepādyathā vyomni purabhramaḥ ”
māyā -
māyā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

cūrṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
parikṣepād -
parikṣepa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vyomni -
vyoman (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vyoman (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

pura (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√pur (verb class 6)

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

[nominative single]
Line 2: “tathā saṃvidi saṃsāraḥ sāro'sāraśca bhāsate ”
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
saṃvidi -
saṃvid (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
saṃsāraḥ -
saṃsāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sāro' -
sāras (noun, neuter)

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

sāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sāru (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

sāru (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
asāraś -
asāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhāsate -
bhāsatā (noun, feminine)

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

√bhās (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]