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 5.78.32

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श्रीराम उवाच ।
ब्रह्मन् जगति भूतानां हृदयं तत्किमुच्यते ।
इदं सर्वं महादर्शे यस्मिंस्तत्प्रतिबिम्बति ॥ ३२ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca |
brahman jagati bhūtānāṃ hṛdayaṃ tatkimucyate |
idaṃ sarvaṃ mahādarśe yasmiṃstatpratibimbati || 32 ||

Rama rejoined:—Sir, what is this thing which they call the human heart, which receives the reflections of all things as a large reflector or mirror?
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 (5.78.32). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shrirama, Jagat, Jagati, Bhuta, Hridaya, Tat, Tad, Kim, Ucyat, Idam, Sarvam, Sarva, Maha, Arsha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.78.32). 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: “śrīrāma uvāca ”
śrīrāma* -
śrīrāma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “brahman jagati bhūtānāṃ hṛdayaṃ tatkimucyate ”
brahman -
jagati -
jagatī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

jagat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

jagat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
bhūtānām -
bhūta (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

bhūta (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

bhūtā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
hṛdayam -
hṛdaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

hṛdaya (noun, neuter)

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

hṛdayā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
ucyate -
√uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]

√uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]

√vac (verb class 2)

[present passive third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[present passive third single]
Line 3: “idaṃ sarvaṃ mahādarśe yasmiṃstatpratibimbati ”
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
sarvam -
sarvam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sarva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
mahād -
maha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

maha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
arśe -
arśa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
Cannot analyse yasmiṃstatpratibimbati

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.78.32

Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)

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Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)

[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.

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Preview of verse 5.78.32 in Gujarati sript:
શ્રીરામ ઉવાચ ।
બ્રહ્મન્ જગતિ ભૂતાનાં હૃદયં તત્કિમુચ્યતે ।
ઇદં સર્વં મહાદર્શે યસ્મિંસ્તત્પ્રતિબિમ્બતિ ॥ ૩૨ ॥