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 6.3.6

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आलोकश्च प्रकाशाङ्गादनुभूतिस्तथा चितेः ।
जलाद्वीचिर्यथाऽभिन्ना चित्स्वभावात्तथा जगत् ॥ ६ ॥

ālokaśca prakāśāṅgādanubhūtistathā citeḥ |
jalādvīciryathā'bhinnā citsvabhāvāttathā jagat || 6 ||

As the light is nothing distinct from the sun-beams, so is intellection no other than the intellect itself; and as the waves are no way distinct from the water; so the universe is in no ways different or disjoined from the nature of the intellect, which contains the universe.
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 (6.3.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Aloka, Prakasha, Anga, Anubhuti, Tatha, Citi, Jala, Vici, Abhinna, Citsvabhava, Jagat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.3.6). 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: “ālokaśca prakāśāṅgādanubhūtistathā citeḥ ”
ālokaś -
āloka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
prakāśā -
prakāśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prakāśa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

prakāśā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aṅgād -
aṅga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

aṅga (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
anubhūtis -
anubhūti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
citeḥ -
citi (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

citi (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “jalādvīciryathā'bhinnā citsvabhāvāttathā jagat ”
jalād -
jala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

jala (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
vīcir -
vīci (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
yathā' -
abhinnā -
abhinnā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
citsvabhāvāt -
citsvabhāva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

citsvabhāva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
tathā* -
tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
jagat -
jagat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

jagat (noun, neuter)

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