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 5.67.12

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यथा दर्पणवीच्यादौ प्रतिबिम्बानि वस्तुतः ।
नासत्यानि च सत्यानि शरीराणि तथात्मनः ॥ १२ ॥

yathā darpaṇavīcyādau pratibimbāni vastutaḥ |
nāsatyāni ca satyāni śarīrāṇi tathātmanaḥ || 12 ||

As the reflections of things in a mirror or watery glass, and in the swelling waves of the sea, are neither real nor unreal; so the reflections in the soul, are neither substantial nor unsubstantial,
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 (5.67.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yatha, Darpana, Vici, Vicya, Adau, Ada, Adi, Pratibimba, Vastutah, Vastutas, Nasatya, Satya, Sharira, Tatha, Mana, Manas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.67.12). 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: “yathā darpaṇavīcyādau pratibimbāni vastutaḥ ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
darpaṇa -
darpaṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

darpaṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vīcyā -
vīci (noun, feminine)

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

vīcya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vīcya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vīcī (noun, masculine)

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

vīcī (noun, feminine)

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

vīcī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ādau -
ādau (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

āda (noun, masculine)

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

ādi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ādi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
pratibimbāni -
pratibimba (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vastutaḥ -
vastutaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

vastutas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “nāsatyāni ca satyāni śarīrāṇi tathātmanaḥ ”
nāsatyāni -
nāsatya (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
satyāni -
satya (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
śarīrāṇi -
śarīra (noun, neuter)

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

[adverb], [ablative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
manaḥ -
manas (noun, neuter)

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

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]