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 5.4.9

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संप्रवृत्ता वयं द्रष्टुमात्मानमपकल्मषम् ।
रसाञ्जनानीतदृशो जात्यन्धा इव काञ्चनम् ॥ ९ ॥

saṃpravṛttā vayaṃ draṣṭumātmānamapakalmaṣam |
rasāñjanānītadṛśo jātyandhā iva kāñcanam || 9 ||

Your lectures have made us perceive the pure soul in its clear light, as the eye-salve of antimony (collyrium antigoni nigrum); makes the born-blind man to see the pure gold with his eyes.
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 (5.4.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sampravritta, Vaya, Asmad, Atman, Apakalmasha, Rasanjana, Ita, Drisha, Drish, Jatyandha, Iva, Kancana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.4.9). 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: “saṃpravṛttā vayaṃ draṣṭumātmānamapakalmaṣam ”
sampravṛttā* -
sampravṛtta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sampravṛttā (noun, feminine)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]

vayā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative dual]
draṣṭum -
√dṛś -> draṣṭum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √dṛś]
ātmānam -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
apakalmaṣam -
apakalmaṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

apakalmaṣa (noun, neuter)

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

apakalmaṣā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “rasāñjanānītadṛśo jātyandhā iva kāñcanam ”
rasāñjanānī -
rasāñjana (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

ita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√i -> ita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> ita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
dṛśo* -
dṛśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

dṛś (noun, feminine)

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

dṛś (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
jātyandhā* -
jātyandha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

jātyandhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kāñcanam -
kāñcana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kāñcana (noun, neuter)

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