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 6.11.17

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ब्रह्म चिद्ब्रह्म भुवनं ब्रह्म भूतपरम्पराः ।
ब्रह्माहं ब्रह्म मच्छत्रुर्ब्रह्म सन्मित्रबान्धवाः ॥ १७ ॥

brahma cidbrahma bhuvanaṃ brahma bhūtaparamparāḥ |
brahmāhaṃ brahma macchatrurbrahma sanmitrabāndhavāḥ || 17 ||

Brahma is the intellect, and the same is this world and all its animate and inanimate creatures also; Myself and Brahma and so art thou thyself, and such are all our friends and foes beside us.
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 (6.11.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahma, Brahman, Cit, Bhuvana, Bhuta, Parampara, Aha, Asmad, Shatru, Sanmitra, Bandhava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.11.17). 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: “brahma cidbrahma bhuvanaṃ brahma bhūtaparamparāḥ ”
brahma -
brahma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahman (noun, neuter)

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

√brahm (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
cid -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

brahma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahman (noun, neuter)

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

√brahm (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
bhuvanam -
bhuvana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bhuvana (noun, neuter)

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

bhuvanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
brahma -
brahma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahman (noun, neuter)

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

√brahm (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
bhūta -
bhūta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhūta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[injunctive active second plural]
paramparāḥ -
parampara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

paramparā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “brahmāhaṃ brahma macchatrurbrahma sanmitrabāndhavāḥ ”
brahmā -
brahma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahman (noun, neuter)

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

brahmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√brahm (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
brahma -
brahma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahman (noun, neuter)

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

√brahm (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
macch -
asmad (pronoun, none)

[ablative single]
śatrur -
śatru (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
brahma -
brahma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahman (noun, neuter)

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

√brahm (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
sanmitra -
sanmitra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bāndhavāḥ -
bāndhava (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]