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 7.37.58

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असता व्यवहारश्चेत्प्रेक्षामात्रविनाशिना ।
क्रियते शशशृङ्गेण तत्कथं छाद्यते न खम् ॥ ५८ ॥

asatā vyavahāraścetprekṣāmātravināśinā |
kriyate śaśaśṛṅgeṇa tatkathaṃ chādyate na kham || 58 ||

Our dealing with the unreal world (as with untruthful men), is lost in the glancing or twinkling of an eye; for who can expect to hold the horns of a hare in his fingers.
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 (7.37.58). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Asat, Kriyat, Shashashringa, Tat, Tad, Katham, Katha, Kham, Kha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.37.58). 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: “asatā vyavahāraścetprekṣāmātravināśinā ”
asatā -
asat (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

asat (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
Cannot analyse vyavahāraścetprekṣāmātravināśinā
Line 2: “kriyate śaśaśṛṅgeṇa tatkathaṃ chādyate na kham ”
kriyate -
√kṛ -> kriyat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]

√kṛ -> kriyat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]

√kṛ (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[present passive third single]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[present passive third single]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[present passive third single]

√kṛ (verb class 3)

[present passive third single]

√kṛ (verb class 6)

[present middle third single], [present passive third single]
śaśaśṛṅgeṇa -
śaśaśṛṅga (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

śaśaśṛṅga (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
chādyate -
√chad (verb class 0)

[present passive third single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kham -
kham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kha (noun, neuter)

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

khā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]