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 5.93.17

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अन्धकारहरेणाशु विचारेण परं पदम् ।
दृश्यते विमलं वस्तु प्रदीपेनेव भास्वता ॥ १७ ॥

andhakārahareṇāśu vicāreṇa paraṃ padam |
dṛśyate vimalaṃ vastu pradīpeneva bhāsvatā || 17 ||

Reason displays the darkness of ignorance, and shows the state of the Supreme as clearly, as when the light of the lamp shows everything clearly in the room.
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 (5.93.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Andhakara, Hara, Ashu, Vicara, Param, Para, Pada, Drishyata, Vimala, Vastu, Pradipa, Iva, Bhasvat, Bhasvata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.93.17). 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: “andhakārahareṇāśu vicāreṇa paraṃ padam ”
andhakāra -
andhakāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
hareṇā -
hara (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

hara (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
āśu -
āśu (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

āśu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

āśu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

āśu (noun, neuter)

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

āśu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
vicāreṇa -
vicāra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
param -
param (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

para (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

para (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
padam -
pada (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “dṛśyate vimalaṃ vastu pradīpeneva bhāsvatā ”
dṛśyate -
dṛśyatā (noun, feminine)

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

√dṛś (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]
vimalam -
vimala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vimala (noun, neuter)

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

vimalā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vastu -
vastu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

vastu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
pradīpene -
pradīpa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
bhāsvatā -
bhāsvat (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

bhāsvat (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

bhāsvatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]