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 5.73.24

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सति पुर्यष्टके तस्मिञ्जीवः स्फुरति नोपले ।
सति वायाविव रजः सति दीप इवेक्षणम् ॥ २४ ॥

sati puryaṣṭake tasmiñjīvaḥ sphurati nopale |
sati vāyāviva rajaḥ sati dīpa ivekṣaṇam || 24 ||

But the animating soul of living beings does not breathe in minerals but in animals only; as the light enlightens the eye only, and the dust flies with the winds.
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 (5.73.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sat, Sati, Puryashtaka, Tad, Jiva, Sphurat, Nri, Upala, Vaya, Vayu, Iva, Raja, Rajas, Dipa, Ikshana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.73.24). 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: “sati puryaṣṭake tasmiñjīvaḥ sphurati nopale ”
sati -
satī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

sati (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

sat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

sat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
puryaṣṭake -
puryaṣṭaka (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
tasmiñ -
tad (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
jīvaḥ -
jīva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sphurati -
sphurat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

sphurat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√sphur -> sphurat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √sphur class 6 verb]

√sphur -> sphurat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √sphur class 6 verb]

√sphur (verb class 6)

[present active third single]
no -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

nu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
upale -
upala (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

upalā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “sati vāyāviva rajaḥ sati dīpa ivekṣaṇam ”
sati -
satī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

sati (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

sat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

sat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
vāyāvi -
vāya (noun, masculine)

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

vāyu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vāyu (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
rajaḥ -
rajas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

rajas (noun, neuter)

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

raja (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sati -
satī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

sati (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

sat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

sat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
dīpa* -
dīpa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ive -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
īkṣaṇam -
īkṣaṇam (adverb)

[adverb]

īkṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

īkṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

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