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 6.31.31

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वातात्कनीनिकास्पन्दस्तद्दीप्तिर्दृष्टिरुच्यते ।
तद्बाह्यवति तद्रूपरूपबोधस्तु चित्परा ॥ ३१ ॥

vātātkanīnikāspandastaddīptirdṛṣṭirucyate |
tadbāhyavati tadrūparūpabodhastu citparā || 31 ||

It is the action of the vital air, which gives pulsation to the pupils of the eye, and whose light is called the sight, which is the instrument of perceiving the forms and colours of things that are placed without it, but the perception belongs to the power and action of the intellect.
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 (6.31.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vata, Kaninika, Aspanda, Tad, Tat, Dipti, Drishti, Ucyat, Bahya, Vati, Tadrupa, Rupa, Bodha, Citpara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.31.31). 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: “vātātkanīnikāspandastaddīptirdṛṣṭirucyate ”
vātāt -
vāta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

vāta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√vā -> vāta (participle, masculine)

[ablative single from √vā class 2 verb]

√vā -> vāta (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √vā class 2 verb]
kanīnikā -
kanīnika (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
aspandas -
aspanda (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
dīptir -
dīpti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

dīpti (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dṛṣṭir -
dṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ucyate -
√uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]

√uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]

√vac (verb class 2)

[present passive third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[present passive third single]
Line 2: “tadbāhyavati tadrūparūpabodhastu citparā ”
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
bāhya -
bāhya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bāhya (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [adverb]

vatī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

vatī (noun, feminine)

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

vatī (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

tadrūpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rūpa -
rūpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

rūpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bodhas -
bodha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
citparā -
citparā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]