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 5.71.24

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चिदात्मा निर्मलो नित्यः स्वावभासो निरामयः ।
देहस्त्वनित्यो मलवांस्तेन संबध्यते कथम् ॥ २४ ॥

cidātmā nirmalo nityaḥ svāvabhāso nirāmayaḥ |
dehastvanityo malavāṃstena saṃbadhyate katham || 24 ||

The intellectual soul is immortal and undecaying, and perfectly pure and shining by itself; while the body is perishable and impure, and cannot therefore be related with the spirit.
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 (5.71.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Cidatman, Nirmala, Nitya, Sva, Niramaya, Deha, Tva, Anitya, Malavat, Tad, Tena, Samba, Dha, Dhi, Katham, Katha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.71.24). 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: “cidātmā nirmalo nityaḥ svāvabhāso nirāmayaḥ ”
cidātmā -
cidātman (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
nirmalo* -
nirmala (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
nityaḥ -
nitya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
svāva -
sva (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
abhāso* -
√bhās (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]
nirāmayaḥ -
nirāmaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “dehastvanityo malavāṃstena saṃbadhyate katham ”
dehas -
deha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tva -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

tva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
anityo* -
anitya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
malavāṃs -
malavat (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

ta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

√tan (verb class 8)

[perfect active second plural]

√tan (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]

√tan (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
samba -
samba (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

samba (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dhya -
dhi (noun, masculine)

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

dhī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

dhā (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
ate -
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

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