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 7.42.6

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यथा द्रवत्वं पयसि यथा शून्यत्वमम्बरे ।
यथा प्रस्पन्दनं वायौ महाचिति तथा जगत् ॥ ६ ॥

yathā dravatvaṃ payasi yathā śūnyatvamambare |
yathā praspandanaṃ vāyau mahāciti tathā jagat || 6 ||

The world therefore appertains to the supreme intellect, in the same manner, as liquidity is related with water and fluctuation pertains to air, and as vacuity belongs to the infinite void.
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 (7.42.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yatha, Dravatva, Payas, Shunyatva, Ambara, Praspandana, Vaya, Vayu, Mahacit, Tatha, Jagat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.42.6). 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: “yathā dravatvaṃ payasi yathā śūnyatvamambare ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
dravatvam -
dravatva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
payasi -
payas (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√pay (verb class 1)

[present active second single]

√pi (verb class 1)

[present active second single]

√pī (verb class 1)

[present active second single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
śūnyatvam -
śūnyatva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ambare -
ambara (noun, neuter)

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

ambara (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ambarā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “yathā praspandanaṃ vāyau mahāciti tathā jagat ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
praspandanam -
praspandana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
vāyau -
vāya (noun, masculine)

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

vāyu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vāyu (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
mahāciti -
mahācit (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
tathā* -
tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
jagat -
jagat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

jagat (noun, neuter)

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