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 4.47.86

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पुनरन्येन कालेन तथैव जगतां गणान् ।
मनस्तनोति वै शून्ये गन्धर्वनगरं यथा ॥ ८६ ॥

punaranyena kālena tathaiva jagatāṃ gaṇān |
manastanoti vai śūnye gandharvanagaraṃ yathā || 86 ||

Again the Divine Mind stretches out other creations at other times, and these are drawn like pictures of fairylands (airy castles) in the canvas of vacuum.
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 (4.47.86). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Punar, Anya, Kalena, Kala, Tatha, Jagat, Jagata, Gana, Mana, Manas, Shunya, Gandharvanagara, Yatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.47.86). 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: “punaranyena kālena tathaiva jagatāṃ gaṇān ”
punar -
punar (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

punar (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
anyena -
anya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
kālena -
kālena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kāla (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

kāla (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
jagatām -
jagat (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

jagat (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

jagatā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
gaṇān -
gaṇa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
Line 2: “manastanoti vai śūnye gandharvanagaraṃ yathā ”
manas -
manas (noun, neuter)

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

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tanoti -
√tan (verb class 8)

[present active third single]
vai -
√vā (verb class 1)

[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
śūnye -
śūnya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

śūnya (noun, neuter)

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

śūnyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
gandharvanagaram -
gandharvanagara (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]