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 6.113.3

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मायायन्त्रमयः प्रोक्तो यः पुमान्रघुनन्दन ।
एनं त्वं तमहंकारं विद्धि शून्याम्बरोत्थितम् ॥ ३ ॥

māyāyantramayaḥ prokto yaḥ pumānraghunandana |
enaṃ tvaṃ tamahaṃkāraṃ viddhi śūnyāmbarotthitam || 3 ||

The man that I have represented to you, as a magical engine (maya yantra), means the egoistic man, who is led by the magic of his egoism, to look upon the empty air of his personality as a real entity.
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 (6.113.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mayayantra, Aya, Ayas, Prokta, Yah, Pums, Raghunandana, Tva, Yushmad, Tama, Ham, Kara, Shunyambara, Utthita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.113.3). 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: “māyāyantramayaḥ prokto yaḥ pumānraghunandana ”
māyāyantram -
māyāyantra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ayaḥ -
ayas (noun, neuter)

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

aya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

i (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

e (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
prokto* -
prokta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yaḥ -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pumān -
puṃs (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “enaṃ tvaṃ tamahaṃkāraṃ viddhi śūnyāmbarotthitam ”
Cannot analyse enam*tv
tvam -
tva (noun, neuter)

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

tva (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

tama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
haṅ -
ham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

han (noun, neuter)

[adverb]
kāram -
kāra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kāra (noun, neuter)

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

kārā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√kṛ -> kāram (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kāram (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kāram (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kāram (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]
viddhi -
viddhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√vid (verb class 2)

[imperative active second single]
śūnyāmbaro -
śūnyāmbara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śūnyāmbara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
utthitam -
utthita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

utthita (noun, neuter)

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

utthitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]