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 6.71.20

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विज्ञानपरमार्कस्य भासा भान्ति भवन्ति च ।
इमा जगदहर्लक्ष्म्यः क्वचिल्लक्ष्म्यो रवेरिव ॥ २० ॥

vijñānaparamārkasya bhāsā bhānti bhavanti ca |
imā jagadaharlakṣmyaḥ kvacillakṣmyo raveriva || 20 ||

It is the Omniscient soul, which is that surpassing sun, whose rays produce and show everything to light; and without which as in the absence of the solar light, nothing would grow nor be visible in the outer world.
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 (6.71.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vijnana, Parama, Arka, Bhasa, Bhavanti, Bhavat, Bhavant, Kva, Cit, Lakshmi, Ravi, Iva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.71.20). 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: “vijñānaparamārkasya bhāsā bhānti bhavanti ca ”
vijñāna -
vijñāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
paramā -
parama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

parama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

paramā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
arkasya -
arka (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

arka (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
bhāsā* -
bhāsa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bhāsā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
bhānti -
√bhā (verb class 2)

[present active third plural]
bhavanti -
bhavanti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bhavantī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

bhavat (noun, neuter)

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

bhavant (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “imā jagadaharlakṣmyaḥ kvacillakṣmyo raveriva ”
imā* -
Cannot analyse jagadaharlakṣmyaḥ*kv
kva -
kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
cil -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
lakṣmyo* -
lakṣmī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
raver -
ravi (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

√ru (verb class 1)

[optative active second single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]