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 7.36.4

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अरूपालोकमननं शिलापुत्रकसैन्यवत् ।
रूपालोकमनस्कारा भान्ति केवात्र विश्वता ॥ ४ ॥

arūpālokamananaṃ śilāputrakasainyavat |
rūpālokamanaskārā bhānti kevātra viśvatā || 4 ||

The sight and thought of visible appearances, are as the visions and remembrances of objects in dream; and so is this world but an appearance to the sight, and a phantom and phantasy in 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 (7.36.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Arupa, Aloka, Anana, Shilaputraka, Ainya, Avat, Rupa, Manaskara, Atra, Vishva, Tan,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.36.4). 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: “arūpālokamananaṃ śilāputrakasainyavat ”
arūpā -
arūpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

arūpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

arūpā (noun, feminine)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]

aloka (noun, neuter)

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

alokā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ananam -
anana (noun, neuter)

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

ananā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
śilāputraka -
śilāputraka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
sai -
sā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ainya -
ainya (noun, masculine)

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

[compound]

avat (noun, neuter)

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

√u -> avat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √u class 1 verb], [vocative single from √u class 1 verb], [accusative single from √u class 1 verb]
Line 2: “rūpālokamanaskārā bhānti kevātra viśvatā ”
rūpā -
rūpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

rūpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

rūpā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
āloka -
āloka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
manaskārā* -
manaskāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
bhānti -
√bhā (verb class 2)

[present active third plural]
kevā -
√kev (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
atra -
atra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

atra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

atra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
viśva -
viśva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

viśva (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
tā -
tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

tan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]