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 4.54.35

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तृणमात्रेण दीप्यन्ते संकल्पा वह्निशेषवत् ।
जगत्यप्रकटाकाराः प्रदीप्ताः क्षणभङ्गुराः ॥ ३५ ॥

tṛṇamātreṇa dīpyante saṃkalpā vahniśeṣavat |
jagatyaprakaṭākārāḥ pradīptāḥ kṣaṇabhaṅgurāḥ || 35 ||

What fool will attempt to wash a coal white, or convert a materialist to a spiritualist? Or turn a raven or Negro to whiteness?
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 (4.54.35). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Trina, Atra, Sankalpa, Sheshavat, Jagat, Jagati, Jagatya, Aprakata, Akara, Pradipta, Kshanabhangura,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.54.35). 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: “tṛṇamātreṇa dīpyante saṃkalpā vahniśeṣavat ”
tṛṇam -
tṛṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tṛṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ātreṇa -
ātra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
dīpyante -
√dīp (verb class 4)

[present middle third plural], [present passive third plural]
saṅkalpā* -
saṅkalpa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

saṅkalpā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vahni -
vahni (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
śeṣavat -
śeṣavat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

śeṣavat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “jagatyaprakaṭākārāḥ pradīptāḥ kṣaṇabhaṅgurāḥ ”
jagatya -
jagatī (noun, feminine)

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

jagatya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

jagat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

jagat (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
aprakaṭā -
aprakaṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aprakaṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

aprakaṭā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
akārāḥ -
akāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
pradīptāḥ -
pradīpta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

pradīptā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kṣaṇabhaṅgurāḥ -
kṣaṇabhaṅgura (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kṣaṇabhaṅgurā (noun, feminine)

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