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 7.2.3

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शिवपङ्कमया एव रूपालोकमनःक्रमाः ।
तन्मयत्वादनन्तत्वादतः किं केन चेत्यते ॥ ३ ॥

śivapaṅkamayā eva rūpālokamanaḥkramāḥ |
tanmayatvādanantatvādataḥ kiṃ kena cetyate || 3 ||

The Divine Spirit, being of the form of gelatinous mud (or plastic nature), all things with their forms and colours, and the mind and all its functions also, upon its own mould of endless shapes and types beyond the comprehension of men.
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 (7.2.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shiva, Pankamaya, Eva, Rupa, Aloka, Ana, Anas, Krama, Tanmayatva, Anantatva, Atah, Kim, Kena, Kah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.2.3). 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: “śivapaṅkamayā eva rūpālokamanaḥkramāḥ ”
śiva -
śiva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śiva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
paṅkamayā* -
paṅkamaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rūpā -
rūpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

rūpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

rūpā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
alokam -
aloka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

aloka (noun, neuter)

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

alokā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
anaḥ -
anas (noun, neuter)

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

ana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kramāḥ -
krama (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 2: “tanmayatvādanantatvādataḥ kiṃ kena cetyate ”
tanmayatvād -
tanmayatva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
anantatvād -
anantatva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ataḥ -
ataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
kena -
kena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kena (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kena (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ka (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ka (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
cetyate -
√cit (verb class 0)

[present passive third single]