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 4.59.12

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वासनावशतो ब्रह्ममनसा कल्पितं वपुः ।
तेजसा श्रितकुड्येन हेमाभत्वमिवात्मनः ॥ १२ ॥

vāsanāvaśato brahmamanasā kalpitaṃ vapuḥ |
tejasā śritakuḍyena hemābhatvamivātmanaḥ || 12 ||

Whenever the thought of making the unreal world, rises in the mind of Brahma the creator, he takes an unreal body upon him of his own will.
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 (4.59.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vasana, Brahma, Anas, Kalpita, Vapu, Vapus, Tejas, Shrita, Kudya, Hemabha, Tva, Yushmad, Iva, Atman,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.59.12). 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: “vāsanāvaśato brahmamanasā kalpitaṃ vapuḥ ”
vāsanāva -
vāsana (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
aśato -
brahmam -
brahma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

brahma (noun, neuter)

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

brahmā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
anasā -
anas (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
kalpitam -
kalpita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kalpita (noun, neuter)

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

kalpitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√kḷp -> kalpita (participle, masculine)

[adverb from √kḷp]

√kḷp -> kalpita (participle, neuter)

[adverb from √kḷp]

√kḷp -> kalpitā (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √kḷp]

√kḷp -> kalpita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √kḷp]

√kḷp -> kalpita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √kḷp], [accusative single from √kḷp]
vapuḥ -
vapus (noun, masculine)

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

vapus (noun, neuter)

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

vapu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

vapu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “tejasā śritakuḍyena hemābhatvamivātmanaḥ ”
tejasā -
tejas (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
śrita -
śrita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śrita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√śri -> śrita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √śri class 1 verb]

√śri -> śrita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √śri class 1 verb]
kuḍyena -
kuḍya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
hemābha -
hemābha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

hemābha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tvam -
tva (noun, neuter)

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

tva (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ātmanaḥ -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]