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 7.4.29

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बाष्पेणेवाहमर्थेन निःसारेणापि सारवत् ।
व्यामलः परमादर्शस्तच्छान्तौ संप्रसीदति ॥ २९ ॥

bāṣpeṇevāhamarthena niḥsāreṇāpi sāravat |
vyāmalaḥ paramādarśastacchāntau saṃprasīdati || 29 ||

The meaningless word ego, like empty vapour or smoke, has the property of soiling the mirror of the soul, which resumes its brightness after removal of the mist.
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 (7.4.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bashpa, Iva, Aha, Asmad, Artha, Nihsara, Api, Saravat, Vyama, Las, Paramada, Risha, Tat, Tad, Shanta, Shanti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.4.29). 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: “bāṣpeṇevāhamarthena niḥsāreṇāpi sāravat ”
bāṣpeṇe -
bāṣpa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
arthena -
artha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
niḥsāreṇā -
niḥsāra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

niḥsāra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
sāravat -
sāravat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

sāravat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “vyāmalaḥ paramādarśastacchāntau saṃprasīdati ”
vyāma -
vyāma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
laḥ -
las (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

las (noun, neuter)

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

la (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
paramādar -
paramāda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

paramāda (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ṛśas -
ṛśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tacch -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
śāntau -
śānta (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

śānti (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

śānti (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√śam -> śānta (participle, masculine)

[nominative dual from √śam class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √śam class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √śam class 4 verb], [nominative dual from √śam class 9 verb], [vocative dual from √śam class 9 verb], [accusative dual from √śam class 9 verb]
Cannot analyse samprasīdati