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 4.40.8

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कृत्वा पद्मजसंकल्पं रूपं पश्यति पद्मजम् ।
ततो जगत्कल्पयति सप्रजापतिपूर्वकम् ॥ ८ ॥

kṛtvā padmajasaṃkalpaṃ rūpaṃ paśyati padmajam |
tato jagatkalpayati saprajāpatipūrvakam || 8 ||

Taking the conception of the lotus-born, it finds itself in its conceived form of the lotus (Brahma), and then it thinks of creation in the form of Prajapati or lord of creatures.
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 (4.40.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kritva, Kritvan, Padmaja, Sankalpa, Rupa, Pashyat, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Jagat, Kalpayat, Sapraja, Purvakam, Purvaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.40.8). 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: “kṛtvā padmajasaṃkalpaṃ rūpaṃ paśyati padmajam ”
kṛtvā -
kṛtvā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

kṛtvan (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
saṅkalpam -
saṅkalpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

saṅkalpā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

saṅkalpa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
rūpam -
rūpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

rūpa (noun, neuter)

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

rūpā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
paśyati -
paśyat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

paśyat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
padmajam -
padmaja (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
Line 2: “tato jagatkalpayati saprajāpatipūrvakam ”
tato* -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
jagat -
jagat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

jagat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
kalpayati -
√kḷp -> kalpayat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √kḷp]

√kḷp -> kalpayat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √kḷp]

√kḷp (verb class 0)

[present active third single]
saprajā -
sapraja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sapraja (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

saprajā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
apati -
apati (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

apati (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
pūrvakam -
pūrvakam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pūrvaka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pūrvaka (noun, neuter)

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