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 7.34.17

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न जगत्सन्न चैवासद्भासते चेतनाच्चिति ।
अचेतनान्न कचति क इवार्थग्रहोऽत्र नः ॥ १७ ॥

na jagatsanna caivāsadbhāsate cetanācciti |
acetanānna kacati ka ivārthagraho'tra naḥ || 17 ||

The world is neither a reality nor unreality, but exhibits itself as such by intellection of the intellect; but as it does not appear in absence of intellection, the same is inculcated in this lecture.
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 (7.34.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jagat, Sanna, Asat, Bhasata, Cetana, Cit, Citi, Acetana, Kacat, Kah, Iva, Artha, Graha, Grahas, Atra, Asmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.34.17). 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: “na jagatsanna caivāsadbhāsate cetanācciti ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jagat -
jagat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

jagat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
sanna -
sanna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sanna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sad -> sanna (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sad class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sad class 6 verb]

√sad -> sanna (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sad class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sad class 6 verb]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aivā -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
asad -
asat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

asat (noun, neuter)

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

√sas (verb class 2)

[imperfect active third single]
bhāsate -
bhāsatā (noun, feminine)

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

√bhās (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]
cetanāc -
cetana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

cetana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
citi -
citi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

citi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

citī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

cit (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

cit (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

cit (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
Line 2: “acetanānna kacati ka ivārthagraho'tra naḥ ”
acetanānn -
acetana (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
a -
a (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
kacati -
√kac -> kacat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √kac class 1 verb]

√kac -> kacat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √kac class 1 verb]

√kac (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
ka* -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
artha -
artha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√arth (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
graho' -
grahas (noun, neuter)

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

graha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
atra -
atra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

atra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

atra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
naḥ -
na (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]