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 4.3.20

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सूर्याद्यंशुषु संख्यातुं शक्यन्ते लघवोऽणवः ।
उत्पद्यन्ते चिदादित्ये त्रैलोक्यपरमाणवः ॥ २० ॥

sūryādyaṃśuṣu saṃkhyātuṃ śakyante laghavo'ṇavaḥ |
utpadyante cidāditye trailokyaparamāṇavaḥ || 20 ||

It may be possible to count the particles of a ray scattered in the sun-beams; but it is impossible to number the atoms of light, which are emanating from the great sun of Brahma.
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 (4.3.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Surya, Amshu, Sankhya, Laghu, Anu, Anava, Cit, Aditya, Trailokya, Paramanu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.3.20). 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: “sūryādyaṃśuṣu saṃkhyātuṃ śakyante laghavo'ṇavaḥ ”
sūryād -
sūrya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

sūrya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√sūr -> sūrya (participle, masculine)

[ablative single from √sūr class 4 verb], [ablative single from √sūr class 10 verb]

√sūr -> sūrya (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √sūr class 4 verb], [ablative single from √sūr class 10 verb]
ya -
i (noun, masculine)

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

ī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
aṃśuṣu -
aṃśu (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
saṅkhyāt -
saṅkhya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

saṅkhya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
um -
u (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
śakyante -
√śak (verb class 5)

[present passive third plural]
laghavo' -
laghu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
aṇavaḥ -
aṇu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

aṇava (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “utpadyante cidāditye trailokyaparamāṇavaḥ ”
Cannot analyse utpadyante*ci
cid -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
āditye -
āditya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

āditya (noun, neuter)

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

ādityā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
trailokya -
trailokya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

trailokya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
paramāṇavaḥ -
paramāṇu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]