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 7.38.1

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श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
चित्पश्यति जगन्मिथ्या स्ववेदनविबोधिता ।
व्योम्नि मायाञ्जनासिक्ता दृगिवाचलतान्तरम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
citpaśyati jaganmithyā svavedanavibodhitā |
vyomni māyāñjanāsiktā dṛgivācalatāntaram || 1 ||

Vasishtha continued:—The Intellect perceives the world raised before it, by the fallacy of its understanding; as a man beholds mountains in the sky, by the delusion of his eye sight.
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 (7.38.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shri, Vasishtha, Cit, Pashyat, Jagat, Mithya, Sva, Svan, Avedana, Vibodhita, Vyoman, Maya, Jana, Asikta, Drish, Iva, Antaram, Antara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.38.1). 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: “śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ”
śrī -
śrī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

śrī (noun, masculine)

[compound]
vasiṣṭha* -
vasiṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “citpaśyati jaganmithyā svavedanavibodhitā ”
cit -
cit (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

cit (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
paśyati -
paśyat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

paśyat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
jagan -
jagat (noun, masculine)

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

jagat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
mithyā -
mithyā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sva -
sū (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

sū (noun, neuter)

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

sū (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

so (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

sva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

svan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

svan (noun, neuter)

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

sva (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
avedana -
avedana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

avedana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vibodhitā -
vibodhitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 3: “vyomni māyāñjanāsiktā dṛgivācalatāntaram ”
vyomni -
vyoman (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vyoman (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
māyāñ -
māya (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
janā -
jana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

jana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

janā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√jan (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
āsiktā* -
āsikta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

āsiktā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
dṛg -
dṛś (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

dṛś (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
acalatā -
√cal (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second plural]
antaram -
antaram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

antara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

antara (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]