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 4.18.57

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स्वप्नात्स्वप्नान्तरं तत्र तथा पश्यन्पुनःपुनः ।
मिथ्या वटेषु लुठति शिलेव शिखरच्युता ॥ ५७ ॥

svapnātsvapnāntaraṃ tatra tathā paśyanpunaḥpunaḥ |
mithyā vaṭeṣu luṭhati śileva śikharacyutā || 57 ||

These rove from one error to another, as a man sees one dream after another; and roll about in the pit of their delusion, as a stone when hurled from a hill downward.
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 (4.18.57). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svapna, Svapnantara, Tatra, Tatha, Pashyat, Puna, Mithya, Vata, Luthat, Shikhara, Cyut, Cyuta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.18.57). 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: “svapnātsvapnāntaraṃ tatra tathā paśyanpunaḥpunaḥ ”
svapnāt -
svapna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

svapna (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
svapnāntaram -
svapnāntara (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
paśyan -
paśyat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
punaḥ -
pu (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

puna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pū (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
punaḥ -
pu (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

puna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pū (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “mithyā vaṭeṣu luṭhati śileva śikharacyutā ”
mithyā* -
mithya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
vaṭeṣu -
vaṭa (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
luṭhati -
luṭhat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

luṭhat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√luṭh -> luṭhat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √luṭh class 6 verb]

√luṭh -> luṭhat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √luṭh class 6 verb]

√luṭh (verb class 6)

[present active third single]
śileva -
√śil (verb class 6)

[optative active first dual]
śikhara -
śikhara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śikhara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cyutā -
cyut (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

cyut (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

cyutā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]