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 6.56.26

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प्रतिभामात्रतोऽत्रैव कल्पिता वज्रसारता ।
प्रतिभासविपर्यासमात्रं ह्यविदिताकृतेः ॥ २६ ॥

pratibhāmātrato'traiva kalpitā vajrasāratā |
pratibhāsaviparyāsamātraṃ hyaviditākṛteḥ || 26 ||

All these are but ideal forms and shadowy shapes of imagination, though they appear as hard and solid as adamant; they are the mistaken ideas of some unknown form and substance.
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 (6.56.26). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pratibha, Atra, Tas, Atraiva, Kalpita, Vajrasara, Tan, Pratibhasa, Viparyasam, Viparyasa, Avidita, Akriti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.56.26). 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: “pratibhāmātrato'traiva kalpitā vajrasāratā ”
pratibhām -
pratibhā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ātra -
ātra (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

tas (noun, neuter)

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

ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
atraiva -
atraiva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kalpitā* -
kalpita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kalpitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√kḷp -> kalpita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √kḷp], [vocative plural from √kḷp]

√kḷp -> kalpitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √kḷp], [vocative plural from √kḷp], [accusative plural from √kḷp]
vajrasāra -
vajrasāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vajrasāra (noun, neuter)

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

[nominative single]

tan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “pratibhāsaviparyāsamātraṃ hyaviditākṛteḥ ”
pratibhāsa -
pratibhāsa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
viparyāsam -
viparyāsam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

viparyāsa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
ātram -
ātra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
hya -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
aviditā -
avidita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

avidita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

aviditā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ākṛteḥ -
ākṛti (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

ākṛti (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]