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 6.28.17

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देहो देहविधौ सत्यो ह्यसत्य इतरद्विधौ ।
प्रतिभासविधौ तावज्जलं सदसदन्यदा ॥ १७ ॥

deho dehavidhau satyo hyasatya itaradvidhau |
pratibhāsavidhau tāvajjalaṃ sadasadanyadā || 17 ||

The body seems to be substantiality in the doing of bodily actions, but it proves otherwise when we view the essentiality of the spirit only; so the reflection of the sun on the sandy desert, makes the mirage appear as water, whose reality proves to be unreal the next moment:
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 (6.28.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Deha, Vidh, Vidha, Vidhi, Vidhu, Sati, Satya, Asati, Asatya, Itarad, Itara, Pratibhasa, Sadasat, Anyada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.28.17). 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: “deho dehavidhau satyo hyasatya itaradvidhau ”
deho* -
deha (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

deha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√dah (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
vidhau -
vidh (noun, masculine)

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

vidha (noun, masculine)

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

vidhi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

vidhi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vidhu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vidhu (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
satyo* -
satī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

satya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hya -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
asatya* -
asatī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

asatya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
itarad -
itarad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

itara (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
vidhau -
vidh (noun, masculine)

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

vidha (noun, masculine)

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

vidhi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

vidhi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vidhu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vidhu (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
Line 2: “pratibhāsavidhau tāvajjalaṃ sadasadanyadā ”
pratibhāsa -
pratibhāsa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vidhau -
vidh (noun, masculine)

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

vidha (noun, masculine)

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

vidhi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

vidhi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vidhu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vidhu (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
Cannot analyse tāvajjalam*sa
sadasad -
sadasat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

sadasat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
anyadā -
anyadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]