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 3.121.49

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हेमसंवित्परित्यागे कटकादिभ्रमो यथा ।
कटकादिभ्रमो हेम्नि देशाद्देशं भवाद्भवम् ॥ ४९ ॥

hemasaṃvitparityāge kaṭakādibhramo yathā |
kaṭakādibhramo hemni deśāddeśaṃ bhavādbhavam || 49 ||

Leaving the knowledge of the substantive gold, man contracts the error of taking it for the formal ornament. The mistake of the jewel for gold, is as taking one thing for another, and the production for the producer.
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 (3.121.49). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Hema, Heman, Samvid, Samvidh, Parityaga, Kataka, Bhrama, Yatha, Desha, Bhava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.121.49). 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: “hemasaṃvitparityāge kaṭakādibhramo yathā ”
hema -
hema (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

hema (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

heman (noun, masculine)

[compound]

heman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
saṃvit -
saṃvid (noun, feminine)

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

saṃvidh (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
parityāge -
parityāga (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
kaṭakā -
kaṭaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kaṭaka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
adi -
ad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ad (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
bhramo* -
bhrama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “kaṭakādibhramo hemni deśāddeśaṃ bhavādbhavam ”
kaṭakā -
kaṭaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kaṭaka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
adi -
ad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ad (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
bhramo* -
bhrama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hemni -
heman (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

heman (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
deśād -
deśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
deśam -
deśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

deśā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
bhavād -
bhava (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

bhava (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
bhavam -
bhava (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bhava (noun, neuter)

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

bhavā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]