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 6.10.33

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यथा कीदृगवस्त्वेतदिति यावद्विकल्प्यते ।
अविद्या क्षीयते तावदालोकेनान्धता यथा ॥ ३३ ॥

yathā kīdṛgavastvetaditi yāvadvikalpyate |
avidyā kṣīyate tāvadālokenāndhatā yathā || 33 ||

Again when a man betakes himself to ponder well the properties of the object before him, his ignorance flies away from before his face, as darkness flies at the approach of light.
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 (6.10.33). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yatha, Kidrish, Avastu, Etad, Iti, Yavat, Vikalpya, Tad, Yushmad, Avidya, Tavat, Aloka, Andhata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.10.33). 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: “yathā kīdṛgavastvetaditi yāvadvikalpyate”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kīdṛg -
kīdṛś (noun, masculine)

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

kīdṛś (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
avastve -
avastu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
etad -
etad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

etad (noun, masculine)

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

etad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
yāvad -
yāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yāvat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yāvat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yāvat (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

vikalpya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “avidyā kṣīyate tāvadālokenāndhatā yathā”
avidyā -
avidyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kṣīyate -
√kṣai (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√kṣī (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√kṣī (verb class 5)

[present passive third single]

√kṣī (verb class 9)

[present passive third single]
tāvad -
tāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tāvat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tāvat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

tāvat (noun, neuter)

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

[instrumental single]
andhatā* -
andhatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]