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 6.65.6

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पर्वताग्रपरिभ्रष्टो ह्यधोध उपलो यथा ।
परमात्मपरिभ्रष्टो जीवः स्वप्नमिमं दृढम् ॥ ६ ॥

parvatāgraparibhraṣṭo hyadhodha upalo yathā |
paramātmaparibhraṣṭo jīvaḥ svapnamimaṃ dṛḍham || 6 ||

As a stone falling from a rock, falls lower and lower to the nether ground; so the living soul once fallen from its height of supreme spirit, descends lower and lower to the lowest pit.
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 (6.65.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Parvatagra, Paribhrashta, Adhah, Adhas, Dha, Upala, Yatha, Paramatma, Jiva, Svapna, Idam, Dridha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.65.6). 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: “parvatāgraparibhraṣṭo hyadhodha upalo yathā ”
parvatāgra -
parvatāgra (noun, neuter)

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

[nominative single]
hya -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
adho -
adhaḥ (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

adhaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

adhas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
dha* -
dha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

dhā (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
upalo* -
upala (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “paramātmaparibhraṣṭo jīvaḥ svapnamimaṃ dṛḍham ”
paramātma -
paramātma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

paramātman (noun, masculine)

[compound]
paribhraṣṭo* -
paribhraṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jīvaḥ -
jīva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
svapnam -
svapna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

svapna (noun, neuter)

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

svapnā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
imam -
idam (pronoun, masculine)

[accusative single]
dṛḍham -
dṛḍha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dṛḍha (noun, neuter)

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

dṛḍhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]