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 6.47.17

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चिच्छिलाशङ्खपद्मौघस्तन्मयत्वेऽप्यतन्मयः ।
जगद्विद्धि सपद्मादिपदार्थं चिच्छिलान्तरम् ॥ १७ ॥

cicchilāśaṅkhapadmaughastanmayatve'pyatanmayaḥ |
jagadviddhi sapadmādipadārthaṃ cicchilāntaram || 17 ||

The lotuses and conch-shells are of the same substance, as the stone in which they are carved and engraved; but the world and all its contents that contained in the intellect, are neither of the same substance nor of the same nature.
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 (6.47.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Cicchila, Shankhapadma, Augha, Tanmayatva, Api, Apya, Atanmaya, Jagat, Sapadma, Padartha, Tara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.47.17). 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: “cicchilāśaṅkhapadmaughastanmayatve'pyatanmayaḥ ”
cicchilā -
cicchilā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
śaṅkhapadmau -
śaṅkhapadma (noun, masculine)

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

śaṅkhapadma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
aughas -
augha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tanmayatve' -
tanmayatva (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
apya -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

apya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ap (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
atanmayaḥ -
atanmaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “jagadviddhi sapadmādipadārthaṃ cicchilāntaram ”
jagad -
jagat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

jagat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
viddhi -
viddhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√vid (verb class 2)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

sapadma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sapadmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
adi -
ad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ad (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
padārtham -
padārtha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
cicchilān -
cicchila (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

cicchilā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
taram -
tara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tara (noun, neuter)

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

tarā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]