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 4.3.1

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श्रीराम उवाच ।
महाकल्पान्तसर्गादौ प्रथमोऽसौ प्रजापतिः ।
स्मृत्यात्मा जायते मन्ये स्मृत्यात्मैव ततो जगत् ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca |
mahākalpāntasargādau prathamo'sau prajāpatiḥ |
smṛtyātmā jāyate manye smṛtyātmaiva tato jagat || 1 ||

Rama said:—But it is related, that Brahma—the lord of creatures, springs up by his reminiscence at the end of a kalpa, and stretches out the world from his remembrance of it, in the beginning of creation.
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (4.3.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shrirama, Mahakalpa, Tas, Tasa, Ric, Adau, Ada, Adi, Prathama, Asi, Asu, Adah, Prajapati, Smritya, Mas, Jayat, Manya, Mani, Asmad, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Jagat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.3.1). 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: “śrīrāma uvāca ”
śrīrāma* -
śrīrāma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “mahākalpāntasargādau prathamo'sau prajāpatiḥ ”
mahākalpān -
mahākalpa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
tasar -
tas (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

tas (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

tasā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ṛg -
ṛc (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
ādau -
ādau (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

āda (noun, masculine)

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

ādi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ādi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
prathamo' -
prathama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
asau -
asi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

asi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

asu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
prajāpatiḥ -
prajāpati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 3: “smṛtyātmā jāyate manye smṛtyātmaiva tato jagat ”
smṛtyāt -
smṛtya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

smṛtya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
mā* -
ma (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mā (noun, feminine)

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

mās (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jāyate -
√jai -> jāyat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √jai class 1 verb]

√jai -> jāyat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √jai class 1 verb]

√jai (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]

√jan (verb class 4)

[present middle third single]
manye -
manya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

manya (noun, neuter)

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

manyā (noun, feminine)

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

manī (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

√man (verb class 4)

[present middle first single], [present passive first single]

√man (verb class 8)

[present passive first single]
smṛtyāt -
smṛtya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

smṛtya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
mai -
mā (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

ma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

mā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
tato* -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
jagat -
jagat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

jagat (noun, neuter)

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

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.3.1

Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)

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Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)

[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.

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Preview of verse 4.3.1 in Gujarati sript:
શ્રીરામ ઉવાચ ।
મહાકલ્પાન્તસર્ગાદૌ પ્રથમોઽસૌ પ્રજાપતિઃ ।
સ્મૃત્યાત્મા જાયતે મન્યે સ્મૃત્યાત્મૈવ તતો જગત્ ॥ ૧ ॥