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 4.42.7

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स्वशिखास्पन्दशक्त्यैव दीपः सौम्यो यथोन्नतम् ।
एति तद्वदसावात्मा तत्स्वे वपुषि वल्गति ॥ ७ ॥

svaśikhāspandaśaktyaiva dīpaḥ saumyo yathonnatam |
eti tadvadasāvātmā tatsve vapuṣi valgati || 7 ||

And as the flame rises high of its own accord, so the power of the spirit, extends in itself in all directions.
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 (4.42.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sva, Svan, Ashikha, Aspanda, Shakti, Shaktin, Dipa, Saumi, Saumya, Yatha, Unnata, Tadvat, Asi, Asu, Adah, Atman, Atma, Tat, Tad, Vapushi, Vapus, Valgat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.42.7). 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: “svaśikhāspandaśaktyaiva dīpaḥ saumyo yathonnatam ”
sva -
sū (noun, masculine)

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

sū (noun, neuter)

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

sū (noun, feminine)

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

so (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

sva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

svan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

svan (noun, neuter)

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

sva (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
aśikhā -
aśikha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aśikha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

aśikhā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

aspanda (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śaktyai -
śakti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single], [dative single]

śakti (noun, masculine)

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

śaktin (noun, masculine)

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

śaktin (noun, neuter)

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

śaktī (noun, masculine)

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

śaktī (noun, feminine)

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

śaktī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
dīpaḥ -
dīpa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
saumyo* -
saumī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

saumya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yatho -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
unnatam -
unnata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

unnata (noun, neuter)

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

unnatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “eti tadvadasāvātmā tatsve vapuṣi valgati ”
eti -
eti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√i (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
tadvad -
tadvat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

tadvat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
asāvā -
asi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

asi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

asu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[imperative active first dual]

√sā (verb class 4)

[aorist active first dual]
ātmā -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ātmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
sve -
sva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [locative single]

sva (noun, neuter)

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

svā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
vapuṣi -
vapuṣī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

vapus (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vapus (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
valgati -
√valg -> valgat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √valg class 1 verb]

√valg -> valgat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √valg class 1 verb]

√valg (verb class 1)

[present active third single]