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 5.5.37

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यथा मणिर्ददात्यात्मच्छायाः स्वयमकारणम् ।
तेजोमयीस्तथैवायमात्मा सृष्टीः प्रयच्छति ॥ ३७ ॥

yathā maṇirdadātyātmacchāyāḥ svayamakāraṇam |
tejomayīstathaivāyamātmā sṛṣṭīḥ prayacchati || 37 ||

The bright substance of our soul, presents to us the picture of creation, as a bright gem casts its glare to no purpose; but by its own nature.
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 (5.5.37). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yatha, Mani, Dadati, Ccha, Svayam, Akaranam, Akarana, Tejomayi, Tatha, Eva, Asmad, Srishti, Prayat, Shati, Shatin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.5.37). 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: “yathā maṇirdadātyātmacchāyāḥ svayamakāraṇam ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
maṇir -
maṇi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dadātyā -
dadāti (noun, masculine)

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

√dā (verb class 3)

[present active third single]
ātma -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[compound]
cchāyā -
ccha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

ccha (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
aḥ -
a (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
svayam -
svayam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
akāraṇam -
akāraṇam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

akāraṇam (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

akāraṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

akāraṇa (noun, neuter)

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

akāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “tejomayīstathaivāyamātmā sṛṣṭīḥ prayacchati ”
tejomayīs -
tejomayī (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]
tathai -
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]
evāya -
eva (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
māt -
ma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
mā -
mā (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

mā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative single]
sṛṣṭīḥ -
sṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]
prayacch -
√pre -> prayat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √pre class 2 verb], [vocative single from √pre class 2 verb], [accusative single from √pre class 2 verb]
śati -
śatī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

śatin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

śatin (noun, neuter)

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