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 5.78.7

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चित्तचित्तपरिस्पन्दपक्षयोरेकसंक्षये ।
स्वयं गुणगुणी स्थित्वा नश्यतो द्वौ न संशयः ॥ ७ ॥

cittacittaparispandapakṣayorekasaṃkṣaye |
svayaṃ guṇaguṇī sthitvā naśyato dvau na saṃśayaḥ || 7 ||

Of the two categories of the mind and its pulsation, if either of these comes to be extinct, the other also has its extinction, as the properties of a thing being lost, their subject likewise ceases to exist; and there is no doubt of this.
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 (5.78.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Citta, Cittapa, Spanda, Paksha, Reka, Sankshaya, Svayam, Guna, Gunin, Guni, Sthitva, Nashyat, Dva, Samshaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.78.7). 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: “cittacittaparispandapakṣayorekasaṃkṣaye ”
citta -
citta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

citta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√cit (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
cittapa -
cittapa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ri -
rī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

rai (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
spanda -
spanda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
pakṣayor -
pakṣa (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

pakṣa (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

pakṣā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]
reka -
reka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√rek (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
saṅkṣaye -
saṅkṣaya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
Line 2: “svayaṃ guṇaguṇī sthitvā naśyato dvau na saṃśayaḥ ”
svayam -
svayam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
guṇa -
guṇa (noun, masculine)

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

[compound]

guṇī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

guṇin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sthitvā -
sthitvā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

√sthā -> sthitvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √sthā]
naśyato* -
naśyat (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

naśyat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

√naś -> naśyat (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √naś class 4 verb], [ablative single from √naś class 4 verb], [genitive single from √naś class 4 verb]

√naś -> naśyat (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √naś class 4 verb], [genitive single from √naś class 4 verb]

√naś (verb class 4)

[present active third dual]
dvau -
dva (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
saṃśayaḥ -
saṃśaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]