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 6.2.30

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यावदज्ञानकलना यावदब्रह्मभावना ।
यावदास्था जगज्जाले तावच्चित्तादिकल्पना ॥ ३० ॥

yāvadajñānakalanā yāvadabrahmabhāvanā |
yāvadāsthā jagajjāle tāvaccittādikalpanā || 30 ||

The fiction of the mind, like that of a dragon, continues so long, as we are subject to the error and ignorance of taking these words for real things; and are unacquainted with the knowledge of Brahma.
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 (6.2.30). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yavat, Ajnana, Kalana, Abrahman, Abrahma, Bhavana, Tavat, Citta, Adikalpa, Nri,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.2.30). 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: “yāvadajñānakalanā yāvadabrahmabhāvanā ”
yāvad -
yāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yāvat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yāvat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yāvat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ajñāna -
ajñāna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ajñāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kalanā* -
kalana (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kalanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yāvad -
yāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yāvat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yāvat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yāvat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
abrahma -
abrahman (noun, masculine)

[compound]

abrahman (noun, neuter)

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

abrahma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

abrahma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhāvanā -
bhāvanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “yāvadāsthā jagajjāle tāvaccittādikalpanā ”
yāvad -
yāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yāvat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yāvat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yāvat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
āsthā* -
Cannot analyse jagajjāle*tā
tāvac -
tāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tāvat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tāvat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

tāvat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
cittā -
citta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

citta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cittā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√cit (verb class 2)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

ādikalpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nā -
nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]