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 6.49.1

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श्रीराम उवाच ।
यदि नास्ति विकारादि ब्रह्मन्ब्रह्मणि बृंहिते ।
तदिदं कथमाभाति भावाभावमयं जगत् ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca |
yadi nāsti vikārādi brahmanbrahmaṇi bṛṃhite |
tadidaṃ kathamābhāti bhāvābhāvamayaṃ jagat || 1 ||

Rama said:—Sir, if there is no change in the immutable spirit of God; say how do these various changes constantly appear to occur in the state of things in this world.
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 (6.49.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shrirama, Yadi, Yad, Nasti, Vikara, Brimhita, Tad, Tat, Idam, Katham, Katha, Bhavabhava, Aya, Jagat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.49.1). 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: “śrīrāma uvāca ”
śrīrāma* -
śrīrāma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “yadi nāsti vikārādi brahmanbrahmaṇi bṛṃhite ”
yadi -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
nāsti -
nāsti (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vikārā -
vikāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vikārā (noun, feminine)

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

[locative single]

ad (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
Cannot analyse brahmanbrahmaṇi*bṛ
bṛṃhite -
bṛṃhita (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bṛṃhita (noun, neuter)

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

bṛṃhitā (noun, feminine)

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

√bṛh -> bṛṃhita (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √bṛh]

√bṛh -> bṛṃhita (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √bṛh], [vocative dual from √bṛh], [accusative dual from √bṛh], [locative single from √bṛh]

√bṛh -> bṛṃhitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √bṛh], [vocative single from √bṛh], [vocative dual from √bṛh], [accusative dual from √bṛh]

√bṛh -> bṛṃhita (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √bṛh]

√bṛh -> bṛṃhita (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √bṛh], [vocative dual from √bṛh], [accusative dual from √bṛh], [locative single from √bṛh]

√bṛh -> bṛṃhitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √bṛh], [vocative single from √bṛh], [vocative dual from √bṛh], [accusative dual from √bṛh]
Line 3: “tadidaṃ kathamābhāti bhāvābhāvamayaṃ jagat ”
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ābhāti -
ābhāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
bhāvābhāvam -
bhāvābhāva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bhāvābhāva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

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

[compound]

jagat (noun, neuter)

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