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 5.34.49

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स्वलीलार्थमिदं चारु जगदाडम्बरं ततम् ।
मयाभिजातबालेन पङ्कक्रीडनकं यथा ॥ ४९ ॥

svalīlārthamidaṃ cāru jagadāḍambaraṃ tatam |
mayābhijātabālena paṅkakrīḍanakaṃ yathā || 49 ||

It is for pleasure that this ego has stretched out the world; like a clever boy who makes his dolls of clay in play.
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 (5.34.49). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svalila, Artha, Idam, Caru, Jagada, Adambara, Tata, Maya, Asmad, Abhijata, Bala, Pankakridanaka, Yatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.34.49). 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: “svalīlārthamidaṃ cāru jagadāḍambaraṃ tatam ”
svalīlā -
svalīlā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
artham -
artha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
cāru -
cāru (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

cāru (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāru (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
jagadā -
jagada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√gad (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural]
aḍambaram -
aḍambara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

aḍambara (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tatam -
tata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tata (noun, neuter)

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

tatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √tan class 8 verb]

√tan -> tata (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb], [accusative single from √tan class 8 verb]
Line 2: “mayābhijātabālena paṅkakrīḍanakaṃ yathā ”
mayā -
maya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

mā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

mayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[instrumental single]

√mā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]

√may (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]

√mī (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
abhijāta -
abhijāta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

abhijāta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bālena -
bāla (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

bāla (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
paṅkakrīḍanakam -
paṅkakrīḍanaka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]