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 5.35.58

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दीपस्येव प्रशान्तस्य न वेद्मि गतिमीश्वरः ।
दृष्ट एव त्वयीशाने पलायनपरायणः ॥ ५८ ॥

dīpasyeva praśāntasya na vedmi gatimīśvaraḥ |
dṛṣṭa eva tvayīśāne palāyanaparāyaṇaḥ || 58 ||

As you know not where the flame of the lighted lamp is fled, after it is extinguished; so we know not where our lordly egoism is hid, at the sight of our God before us.
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 (5.35.58). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dipa, Iva, Prashanta, Gati, Ishvara, Drishta, Eva, Yushmad, Ishana, Palayanaparayana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.35.58). 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: “dīpasyeva praśāntasya na vedmi gatimīśvaraḥ ”
dīpasye -
dīpa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
praśāntasya -
praśānta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

praśānta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vedmi -
√vid (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
gatim -
gati (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

gati (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
īśvaraḥ -
īśvara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “dṛṣṭa eva tvayīśāne palāyanaparāyaṇaḥ ”
dṛṣṭa* -
dṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tvayī -
yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[locative single]
īśāne -
īśāna (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

īśāna (noun, neuter)

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

īśānā (noun, feminine)

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

√īś -> īśāna (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √īś class 2 verb]

√īś -> īśāna (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √īś class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √īś class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √īś class 2 verb], [locative single from √īś class 2 verb]

√īś -> īśānā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √īś class 2 verb], [vocative single from √īś class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √īś class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √īś class 2 verb]
palāyanaparāyaṇaḥ -
palāyanaparāyaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]