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 5.52.58

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मृगतृष्णाक्रमेणैषा भावना व्यर्थभाविनी ।
भावस्तस्यामसत्यायां यः सोऽयमिति संभ्रमः ॥ ५८ ॥

mṛgatṛṣṇākrameṇaiṣā bhāvanā vyarthabhāvinī |
bhāvastasyāmasatyāyāṃ yaḥ so'yamiti saṃbhramaḥ || 58 ||

It is as the mirage, and a false idea of something we know not what;and what can it be otherwise than an error, of which we have no idea or sense whatever?
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 (5.52.58). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mrigatrishna, Akrama, Bhavana, Vyartha, Bhavin, Bhavini, Bhavi, Bhava, Satya, Yah, Sah, Aya, Idam, Iti, Sambhrama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.52.58). 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: “mṛgatṛṣṇākrameṇaiṣā bhāvanā vyarthabhāvinī ”
mṛgatṛṣṇā -
mṛgatṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
akrameṇai -
akrama (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

akrama (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
aiṣā -
bhāvanā* -
bhāvana (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bhāvanā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

vyartha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhāvinī -
bhāvinī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

bhāvin (noun, neuter)

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

bhāvī (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “bhāvastasyāmasatyāyāṃ yaḥ so'yamiti saṃbhramaḥ ”
bhāvas -
bhāva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√bhā (verb class 2)

[present active first dual]
tasyāma -
√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active first plural]
satyāyām -
satyā (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
yaḥ -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
so' -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

so (noun, feminine)

[compound]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
sambhramaḥ -
sambhrama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]