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 5.2.18

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जीवश्चित्तं मनो मायेत्येवमादिभिराततैः ।
रूपैरात्मैव संसारं तनोतीममसन्मयम् ॥ १८ ॥

jīvaścittaṃ mano māyetyevamādibhirātataiḥ |
rūpairātmaiva saṃsāraṃ tanotīmamasanmayam || 18 ||

Our hearts and minds, our living souls and their delusion, tend to stretch out the phenomenal world before us; and our very souls make a reality of the unreal existence.
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 (5.2.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jiva, Citta, Mana, Manas, Yah, Yat, Evamadi, Atata, Rupa, Atman, Atma, Samsara, Idam,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.2.18). 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: “jīvaścittaṃ mano māyetyevamādibhirātataiḥ ”
jīvaś -
jīva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cittam -
citta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

citta (noun, neuter)

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

cittā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√cit (verb class 2)

[imperative active second dual]
mano* -
manas (noun, neuter)

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

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
māyet -
√mā (verb class 4)

[optative active third single]
ye -
i (noun, masculine)

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

ī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
evamādibhir -
evamādi (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

evamādi (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

evamādi (noun, feminine)

[instrumental plural]
ātataiḥ -
ātata (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

ātata (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “rūpairātmaiva saṃsāraṃ tanotīmamasanmayam ”
rūpair -
rūpa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

rūpa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
ātmai -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

ātmā (noun, feminine)

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

[imperfect active first dual]
saṃsāram -
saṃsāra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
tanotī -
√tan (verb class 8)

[present active third single]
imam -
idam (pronoun, masculine)

[accusative single]
asanma -
√san (verb class 8)

[imperfect active first plural]
yam -
ya (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[accusative single]