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 5.27.5

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इयं भूरिति भूरेषा चिता यदि न चेत्यते ।
भूमेः किं नाम भूमित्वं तद्भव्ये भव्यतां गतम् ॥ ५ ॥

iyaṃ bhūriti bhūreṣā citā yadi na cetyate |
bhūmeḥ kiṃ nāma bhūmitvaṃ tadbhavye bhavyatāṃ gatam || 5 ||

If there were no such intellectual perception as this earth is land, then there would be no distinction of earth and water, nor the word earth apply to land.
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 (5.27.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iyam, Idam, Bhur, Bhu, Rit, Bhuri, Sha, Cita, Yadi, Yad, Bhumi, Kim, Naman, Bhumitva, Tad, Tat, Bhavya, Bhavyata, Gata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.27.5). 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: “iyaṃ bhūriti bhūreṣā citā yadi na cetyate ”
iyam -
iyam (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

ī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

idam (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
bhūr -
bhūr (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

bhu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

bhu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [accusative plural]

bhū (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]

bhū (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[injunctive active second single]
riti -
rit (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

rit (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
bhūre -
bhūri (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

bhūri (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
ṣā -
ṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
citā* -
cita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

citā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yadi -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cetyate -
√cit (verb class 0)

[present passive third single]
Line 2: “bhūmeḥ kiṃ nāma bhūmitvaṃ tadbhavye bhavyatāṃ gatam ”
bhūmeḥ -
bhūmi (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

bhūmi (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
nāma -
nāman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
bhūmitvam -
bhūmitva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
bhavye -
bhavya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhavya (noun, neuter)

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

bhavyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
bhavyatām -
bhavyatā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
gatam -
gat (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

gata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

gata (noun, neuter)

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

gatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]