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 7.37.46

< Previous

Next >

स्वप्ननिर्माणपुरवद्वालवेतालतालवत् ।
यदिदं दृश्यते तत्र किं किलासत्यतेतरत् ॥ ४६ ॥

svapnanirmāṇapuravadvālavetālatālavat |
yadidaṃ dṛśyate tatra kiṃ kilāsatyatetarat || 46 ||

The phantasmagoria of the world, appearing visibly before us, is as false as a vision in our dream, and as delusive as a spectre appearing in the imaginations of little boys.
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 (7.37.46). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yadi, Yad, Drishyata, Tatra, Kim, Kila, Asatyata, Itara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.37.46). 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: “svapnanirmāṇapuravadvālavetālatālavat ”
Cannot analyse svapnanirmāṇapuravadvālavetālatālavat
Line 2: “yadidaṃ dṛśyate tatra kiṃ kilāsatyatetarat ”
yadi -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
dam -
da (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

da (noun, neuter)

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

dā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

dā (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
dṛśyate -
dṛśyatā (noun, feminine)

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

√dṛś (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
kilā -
kila (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

kila (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kil (verb class 6)

[imperative active second single]
asatyate -
asatyatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
itarat -
itara (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]