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 6.51.33

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आदर्शस्वच्छ आकाशे नैव स्वः प्रतिबिम्बति ।
व्यतिरेकासंभवतः कचत्येव हि केवलम् ॥ ३३ ॥

ādarśasvaccha ākāśe naiva svaḥ pratibimbati |
vyatirekāsaṃbhavataḥ kacatyeva hi kevalam || 33 ||

Even the sky which is as clear as the looking glass, and is spread all about and within every body, is not able to represent unto us, all the various forms which are presented to the soul by the great soul of souls (in which they appear to be imprinted). Here Vasishtha is no more an akasa-vadi—vacuist, in as much as he finds a difference in the nature and capacity of the one from those of the other or the supreme soul.
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 (6.51.33). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Adarsha, Svaccha, Akashe, Akasha, Naiva, Sva, Vyatireka, Asambhava, Tas, Kacat, Eva, Kevalam, Kevala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.51.33). 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: “ādarśasvaccha ākāśe naiva svaḥ pratibimbati ”
ādarśa -
ādarśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
svaccha* -
svaccha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ākāśe -
ākāśe (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ākāśa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ākāśa (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
naiva -
naiva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
svaḥ -
sva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[present active first dual]
Cannot analyse pratibimbati
Line 2: “vyatirekāsaṃbhavataḥ kacatyeva hi kevalam ”
vyatirekā -
vyatireka (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

asambhava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
taḥ -
tas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tas (noun, neuter)

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

ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kacatye -
√kac -> kacat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √kac class 1 verb]

√kac -> kacat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √kac class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √kac class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √kac class 1 verb], [locative single from √kac class 1 verb]

√kac (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
kevalam -
kevalam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kevala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kevala (noun, neuter)

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

kevalā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]