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 4.17.26

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जीवो यद्बासनाबद्धस्तदेवान्तः प्रपश्यति ।
स्वरूपं चात्र दृष्टान्तो दीर्घस्वप्नस्त्विदं जगत् ॥ २६ ॥

jīvo yadbāsanābaddhastadevāntaḥ prapaśyati |
svarūpaṃ cātra dṛṣṭānto dīrghasvapnastvidaṃ jagat || 26 ||

Every body sees in his mind, what its heart desires to possess, as it is in the case of our prolonged dreams.
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 (4.17.26). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jiva, Yat, Yad, Basa, Nabh, Hasta, Devanta, Prapashyat, Svarupa, Drishtanta, Dirgha, Svapna, Svapnas, Idam, 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 4.17.26). 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: “jīvo yadbāsanābaddhastadevāntaḥ prapaśyati ”
jīvo* -
jīva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yad -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

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

yat (noun, neuter)

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

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
bāsa -
bāsa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bāsa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nāb -
nābh (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
addh -
ad (noun, masculine)

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

ad (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

hasta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
devāntaḥ -
devānta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prapaśyati -
prapaśyat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

prapaśyat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
Line 2: “svarūpaṃ cātra dṛṣṭānto dīrghasvapnastvidaṃ jagat ”
svarūpam -
svarūpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

svarūpa (noun, neuter)

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

svarūpā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
cāt -
ca (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ra -
ra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dṛṣṭānto* -
dṛṣṭānta (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

dīrgha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
svapnas -
svapnas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

svapnas (noun, neuter)

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

svapna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tvi -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
jagat -
jagat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

jagat (noun, neuter)

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