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 6.52.3

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जीवस्वप्नमिमं दीर्घं क्षिप्रताप्रतिभासतः ।
असत्यमप्यवस्तुत्वाद्विद्धि वेद्यविदां वर ॥ ३ ॥

jīvasvapnamimaṃ dīrghaṃ kṣipratāpratibhāsataḥ |
asatyamapyavastutvādviddhi vedyavidāṃ vara || 3 ||

Life is a longer dream than the short lived ones in our sleep; and know it, intelligent Rama, to be as untrue as it is unsubstantial and airy in its 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 (6.52.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jivasu, Jivan, Nami, Dirgham, Dirgha, Kshipra, Tan, Pratibhasa, Tas, Asatya, Api, Apya, Avastutva, Vedi, Vedin, Vedya, Avida, Vara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.52.3). 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: “jīvasvapnamimaṃ dīrghaṃ kṣipratāpratibhāsataḥ ”
jīvasva -
jīvasū (noun, feminine)

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

jīvan (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

jīvan (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
ap -
ap (noun, feminine)

[compound]

ap (noun, neuter)

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

[accusative single]
am -
a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
dīrgham -
dīrgham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

dīrgha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dīrgha (noun, neuter)

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

dīrghā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
kṣipra -
kṣipra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kṣipra (noun, neuter)

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

[nominative single]

tan (noun, masculine)

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

[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]
Line 2: “asatyamapyavastutvādviddhi vedyavidāṃ vara ”
asatyam -
asatya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

asatya (noun, neuter)

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

asatyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
apya -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

apya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ap (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
avastutvād -
avastutva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
viddhi -
viddhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√vid (verb class 2)

[imperative active second single]
vedya -
vedi (noun, feminine)

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

vedi (noun, masculine)

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

vedi (noun, neuter)

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

vedī (noun, feminine)

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

vedin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]

vedin (noun, neuter)

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

vedya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vedya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vid -> vedya (participle, masculine)

[compound from √vid]

√vid -> vedya (participle, neuter)

[compound from √vid]

√vid -> vedya (participle, masculine)

[compound from √vid]

√vid -> vedya (participle, neuter)

[compound from √vid]

√vid -> vedya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √vid]

√vid -> vedya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √vid]

√vid -> vedya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vid class 2 verb], [vocative single from √vid]

√vid -> vedya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √vid class 2 verb], [vocative single from √vid]

√vid -> vedya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vid class 6 verb]

√vid -> vedya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √vid class 6 verb]

√vid -> vedya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vid class 7 verb], [vocative single from √vid]

√vid -> vedya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √vid class 7 verb], [vocative single from √vid]
avidā -
avida (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
am -
a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
vara -
vara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vṛ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]