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 4.56.21

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तथापि भावनां साधो पदार्थं प्रति नार्हसि ।
अलातचक्रे स्वप्ने च भ्रमे वा केव भावना ॥ २१ ॥

tathāpi bhāvanāṃ sādho padārthaṃ prati nārhasi |
alātacakre svapne ca bhrame vā keva bhāvanā || 21 ||

You ought no more to place any reliance on material things, which are as false as an ambient flame, or a vision in dream, or as any falsehood whatever.
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 (4.56.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatha, Api, Bhavana, Sadhu, Padartha, Prati, Nri, Alatacakra, Svapna, Bhrama, Bhrami,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.56.21). 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: “tathāpi bhāvanāṃ sādho padārthaṃ prati nārhasi ”
tathā -
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]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
bhāvanām -
bhāvanā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
sādho -
sādhu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
padārtham -
padārtha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
prati -
prati (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

prati (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

pratī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

pratī (noun, feminine)

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

pratī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
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]
arhasi -
√arh (verb class 1)

[present active second single]
Line 2: “alātacakre svapne ca bhrame vā keva bhāvanā ”
alātacakre -
alātacakra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

alātacakra (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
svapne -
svapna (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

svapna (noun, neuter)

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

svapnā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhrame -
bhrama (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhrami (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

bhrami (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
keva -
√kev (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
bhāvanā -
bhāvanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]