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 5.53.23

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अतत्त्वालोकजातेयमहंकारचमत्कृतिः ।
तापेन हिमलेखेव तत्त्वालोके विलीयते ॥ २३ ॥

atattvālokajāteyamahaṃkāracamatkṛtiḥ |
tāpena himalekheva tattvāloke vilīyate || 23 ||

It is want of the light of reason that has given rise to the meaningless and marvellous expression of egoism; which is made to vanish under the light of reason, as ice is dissolved under heat of solar light.
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 (5.53.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tattva, Aloka, Jatri, Jata, Jati, Iyam, Idam, Ahankara, Camatkriti, Tapa, Hima, Lekha, Iva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.53.23). 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: “atattvālokajāteyamahaṃkāracamatkṛtiḥ ”
a -
a (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
tattvā -
tattva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
aloka -
aloka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aloka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jāte -
jāta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

jāta (noun, neuter)

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

jātṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

jātā (noun, feminine)

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

jāti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√jan -> jāta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √jan class 1 verb], [locative single from √jan class 1 verb], [vocative single from √jan class 2 verb], [locative single from √jan class 2 verb], [vocative single from √jan class 3 verb], [locative single from √jan class 3 verb], [vocative single from √jan class 4 verb], [locative single from √jan class 4 verb]

√jan -> jāta (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √jan class 1 verb], [vocative single from √jan class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √jan class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √jan class 1 verb], [locative single from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √jan class 2 verb], [vocative single from √jan class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √jan class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √jan class 2 verb], [locative single from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative dual from √jan class 3 verb], [vocative single from √jan class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √jan class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √jan class 3 verb], [locative single from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative dual from √jan class 4 verb], [vocative single from √jan class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √jan class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √jan class 4 verb], [locative single from √jan class 4 verb]

√jan -> jātā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √jan class 1 verb], [vocative single from √jan class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √jan class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative dual from √jan class 2 verb], [vocative single from √jan class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √jan class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative dual from √jan class 3 verb], [vocative single from √jan class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √jan class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 4 verb], [nominative dual from √jan class 4 verb], [vocative single from √jan class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √jan class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √jan class 4 verb]

√jai (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√jan (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√jan (verb class 2)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√jan (verb class 3)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√jan (verb class 4)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
iyam -
iyam (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

ī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

idam (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ahaṅkāra -
ahaṅkāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ahaṅkāra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
camatkṛtiḥ -
camatkṛti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “tāpena himalekheva tattvāloke vilīyate ”
tāpena -
tāpa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
hima -
hima (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

hima (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
lekhe -
lekha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

lekhā (noun, feminine)

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

√lakh (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tattvā -
tattva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
aloke -
aloka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

aloka (noun, neuter)

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

alokā (noun, feminine)

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

√lok (verb class 1)

[imperfect middle first single]
vi -
vi (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

vi (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

vi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vi (noun, neuter)

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

ve (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

vī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

vī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

vī (noun, neuter)

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

vi (Preverb)

[Preverb]
līyate -
√lī (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√lī (verb class 4)

[present middle third single], [present passive third single]

√lī (verb class 9)

[present passive third single]