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 3.122.54

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सत्तामात्रेण दीपस्य यथालोकः स्वभावतः ।
चित्तत्त्वस्य स्वभावात्तु तथेयं जागती स्थितिः ॥ ५४ ॥

sattāmātreṇa dīpasya yathālokaḥ svabhāvataḥ |
cittattvasya svabhāvāttu tatheyaṃ jāgatī sthitiḥ || 54 ||

As it is the nature of a lighted lamp to spread its lustre all around, so it is the nature of mental philosophy, to enlighten us with the real state of the soul.
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 (3.122.54). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sattamatra, Dipa, Yatha, Aloka, Svabhavatah, Svabhavata, Cittattva, Svabhava, Tatha, Iyam, Idam, Agati, Sthiti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.122.54). 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: “sattāmātreṇa dīpasya yathālokaḥ svabhāvataḥ ”
sattāmātreṇa -
sattāmātra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
dīpasya -
dīpa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
alokaḥ -
aloka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
svabhāvataḥ -
svabhāvataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

svabhāvata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “cittattvasya svabhāvāttu tatheyaṃ jāgatī sthitiḥ ”
cittattvasya -
cittattva (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

cittattva (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
svabhāvāt -
svabhāva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
tathe -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

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

tatha (noun, neuter)

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

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iyam -
iyam (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

ī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

idam (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
jā -
ja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ja (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

jā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
agatī -
agati (noun, feminine)

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

agati (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
sthitiḥ -
sthiti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]