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 4.18.27

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दृश्यं पश्यन्स्वमात्मानं न द्रष्टा संप्रपश्यति ।
प्रपञ्चाक्रान्तसंवित्तेः कस्योदेति निजा स्थितिः ॥ २७ ॥

dṛśyaṃ paśyansvamātmānaṃ na draṣṭā saṃprapaśyati |
prapañcākrāntasaṃvitteḥ kasyodeti nijā sthitiḥ || 27 ||

Of what avail is sagacity to one, whose mind labours under the error of water in a mirage; and what power has the mirage over a mind, which is possessed of its sagacity?
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 (4.18.27). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Drishya, Pashyat, Sva, Atman, Drashtri, Drashta, Prapashyat, Prapanca, Akranta, Samvitti, Kah, Kim, Uda, Iti, Nija, 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 4.18.27). 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: “dṛśyaṃ paśyansvamātmānaṃ na draṣṭā saṃprapaśyati ”
dṛśyam -
dṛśya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dṛśya (noun, neuter)

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

dṛśyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, masculine)

[adverb from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, neuter)

[adverb from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛśyā (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √dṛś class 1 verb], [accusative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
paśyan -
paśyat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
svam -
sva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

svan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

svan (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

sva (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
ātmānam -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
draṣṭā -
draṣṭṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

draṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√dṛś (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
sam -
sa (noun, neuter)

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

[locative single]

prapaśyat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
Line 2: “prapañcākrāntasaṃvitteḥ kasyodeti nijā sthitiḥ ”
prapañcā -
prapañca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prapañcā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

akrānta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
saṃvitteḥ -
saṃvitti (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
kasyo -
√kas -> kasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kas]

ka (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ka (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]
ude -
uda (noun, neuter)

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

udan (noun, neuter)

[compound]

√ud (verb class 6)

[present middle first single], [imperative active second single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
nijā -
nijā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
sthitiḥ -
sthiti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]