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 7.18.22

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यथा योजनविस्तीर्णं लघौ सद्मानुभूयते ।
यत्तस्य पादपस्तम्भे परमाणौ यथा जगत् ॥ २२ ॥

yathā yojanavistīrṇaṃ laghau sadmānubhūyate |
yattasya pādapastambhe paramāṇau yathā jagat || 22 ||

As a wide extending city, is represented in miniature in a painting at the foot of a column; so is this world contained in the bosom of the minute atom of the mind.
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 (7.18.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yatha, Yojana, Vistirna, Laghu, Lagha, Sadman, Anubhuya, Tad, Yushmad, Yatta, Padapa, Bha, Paramanu, Jagat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.18.22). 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: “yathā yojanavistīrṇaṃ laghau sadmānubhūyate ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
yojana -
yojana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vistīrṇam -
vistīrṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vistīrṇa (noun, neuter)

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

vistīrṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
laghau -
laghu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

lagha (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
sadmā -
sadman (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

sadman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
anubhūya -
anubhūya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “yattasya pādapastambhe paramāṇau yathā jagat ”
yattasya -
yatta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

yatta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√yat -> yatta (participle, masculine)

[genitive single from √yat class 1 verb]

√yat -> yatta (participle, neuter)

[genitive single from √yat class 1 verb]
pādapas -
pādapa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tam -
ta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

tan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
bhe -
bha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bha (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

bhā (noun, feminine)

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

bhā (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
paramāṇau -
paramāṇu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
jagat -
jagat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

jagat (noun, neuter)

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