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 4.20.3

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भावाभावग्रहोत्सर्गदृशश्चेतनकल्पिताः ।
नासत्या नापि सत्यास्ता मनश्चापलकारिताः ॥ ३ ॥

bhāvābhāvagrahotsargadṛśaścetanakalpitāḥ |
nāsatyā nāpi satyāstā manaścāpalakāritāḥ || 3 ||

Therefore the convictions of being or not being, and of receiving or rejecting of a thing, depend upon the imagination of the mind; they are neither true nor untrue, but are mere fluctuations of the mind.
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 (4.20.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhavabhava, Graha, Utsarga, Drisha, Drish, Cetana, Kalpita, Nasatya, Nri, Api, Sati, Satya, Tas, Mana, Manas, Capala, Karita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.20.3). 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: “bhāvābhāvagrahotsargadṛśaścetanakalpitāḥ ”
bhāvābhāva -
bhāvābhāva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhāvābhāva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
graho -
graha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

graha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

grahā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
dṛśaś -
dṛśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

dṛś (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

dṛś (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
cetana -
cetana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cetana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kalpitāḥ -
kalpita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kalpitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√kḷp -> kalpita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √kḷp], [vocative plural from √kḷp]

√kḷp -> kalpitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √kḷp], [vocative plural from √kḷp], [accusative plural from √kḷp]
Line 2: “nāsatyā nāpi satyāstā manaścāpalakāritāḥ ”
nāsatyā* -
nāsatya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nāsatyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
nā -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
satyās -
satī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

satya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

satyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

sati (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
tā* -
ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

tas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
manaś -
manas (noun, neuter)

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

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cāpala -
cāpala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kāritāḥ -
kārita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kāritā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√kṛ -> kārita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √kṛ], [vocative plural from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kāritā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √kṛ], [vocative plural from √kṛ], [accusative plural from √kṛ]