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 7.4.18

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नाहमस्मीति बुद्ध्वापि सोपपत्तिकमप्यलम् ।
जानानो ज्ञप्तिमात्रं च किमज्ञ इव मुह्यसि ॥ १८ ॥

nāhamasmīti buddhvāpi sopapattikamapyalam |
jānāno jñaptimātraṃ ca kimajña iva muhyasi || 18 ||

Knowing that your egoism is nothing in reality, except your false conception of it, why then do you allow yourself to be deluded by it, like the ignorant who are misled by their phrenzy?
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 (7.4.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Naha, Iti, Buddhva, Api, Sopapattika, Apya, Alam, Ala, Janana, Jnapti, Atra, Kim, Ajna, 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 7.4.18). 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: “nāhamasmīti buddhvāpi sopapattikamapyalam ”
nāham -
nāha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
asmī -
√as (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
buddhvā -
√budh -> buddhvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √budh]

√budh -> buddhvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √budh]

buddhvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
sopapattikam -
sopapattika (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sopapattika (noun, neuter)

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

sopapattikā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
apya -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

apya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ap (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
alam -
alam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ala (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “jānāno jñaptimātraṃ ca kimajña iva muhyasi ”
jānāno* -
jānāna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√jñā -> jānāna (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
jñaptim -
jñapti (noun, feminine)

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

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
ajña* -
ajña (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
muhyasi -
√muh (verb class 4)

[present active second single]