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 6.59.24

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तत्त्वेन भावनायत्ता संसृतिः सानुभूयते ।
अभावनामात्रलयात्सा च निःसाररूपिणी ॥ २४ ॥

tattvena bhāvanāyattā saṃsṛtiḥ sānubhūyate |
abhāvanāmātralayātsā ca niḥsārarūpiṇī || 24 ||

The world appears as an entity, by our thinking it as such; but it vanishes upon our ceasing to think as such, like the disappearance of figures in a picture, when it is burnt down to ashes.
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 (6.59.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tattva, Bhavana, Tta, Samsriti, Abhavana, Atra, Laya, Nihsara, Rupin, Rupini,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.59.24). 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: “tattvena bhāvanāyattā saṃsṛtiḥ sānubhūyate ”
tattvena -
tattva (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
bhāvanāya -
bhāvana (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

bhāvana (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
ttā -
ttā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
saṃsṛtiḥ -
saṃsṛti (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [adverb]
bhūyate -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]
Line 2: “abhāvanāmātralayātsā ca niḥsārarūpiṇī ”
abhāvanām -
abhāvanā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
layāt -
laya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

laya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
sā -
sā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

niḥsāra (noun, neuter)

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

[compound]

rūpiṇī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

rūpin (noun, neuter)

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