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 4.20.2

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दृढनिश्चयवच्चेतो यद्भावयति भूरिशः ।
तत्तां यात्यनलाश्लेषादयःपिण्डोऽग्नितामिव ॥ २ ॥

dṛḍhaniścayavacceto yadbhāvayati bhūriśaḥ |
tattāṃ yātyanalāśleṣādayaḥpiṇḍo'gnitāmiva || 2 ||

Whatever the mind often thinks upon with a strong conviction of its reality, it immediately assumes that form, as the iron-ball becomes ignited by its contact with fire.
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 (4.20.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dridhanishcaya, Cetri, Cetas, Ceta, Yat, Yad, Bhavayat, Bhurishah, Tat, Tad, Yatya, Yati, Anala, Ashlesha, Ayahpinda, Agnita, Iva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.20.2). 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: “dṛḍhaniścayavacceto yadbhāvayati bhūriśaḥ ”
dṛḍhaniścaya -
dṛḍhaniścaya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dṛḍhaniścaya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
va -
u (noun, masculine)

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

ū (noun, masculine)

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

ū (noun, neuter)

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

ū (noun, feminine)

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

o (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

au (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

au (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

va (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

va (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ac -
ad (noun, masculine)

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

ad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ceto* -
cetas (noun, neuter)

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

cetṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

ceta (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]
bhāvayati -
bhāvayatin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

√bhū -> bhāvayat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √bhū]

√bhū -> bhāvayat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √bhū]

√bhū (verb class 0)

[present active third single]
bhūriśaḥ -
bhūriśaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “tattāṃ yātyanalāśleṣādayaḥpiṇḍo'gnitāmiva ”
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tām -
tā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
yātya -
yātya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√yat -> yātya (participle, masculine)

[compound from √yat]

√yat -> yātya (participle, neuter)

[compound from √yat]

√yat -> yātya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √yat]

yāti (noun, masculine)

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

yāti (noun, feminine)

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

yāti (noun, neuter)

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

yāt (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yāt (noun, neuter)

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

√yat -> yātya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √yat class 1 verb], [vocative single from √yat]

√yat -> yātya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √yat class 1 verb], [vocative single from √yat]

√yā (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
analā -
anala (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

analā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aśleṣād -
aśleṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

aśleṣa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ayaḥpiṇḍo' -
ayaḥpiṇḍa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
agnitām -
agnitā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]