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 7.42.11

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तदनन्तात्म चिद्रूपं चेत्यतामिव भावयत् ।
स्वसंस्थमेव ज्ञेयत्वमज्ञत्वमिव गच्छति ॥ ११ ॥

tadanantātma cidrūpaṃ cetyatāmiva bhāvayat |
svasaṃsthameva jñeyatvamajñatvamiva gacchati || 11 ||

Now people understand this infinite and intellectual spirit, in the sense of an intelligible being; while others suppose him as knowable in themselves, and thus trying to know, become quite ignorant of him.
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 (7.42.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Nantri, Atma, Cidrupa, Iva, Bhavayat, Eva, Jneyatva, Ajnatva, Gacchat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.42.11). 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: “tadanantātma cidrūpaṃ cetyatāmiva bhāvayat ”
tada -
tada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nantā -
nantṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√nam (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
atma -
atma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

atma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cidrūpam -
cidrūpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

cidrūpa (noun, neuter)

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

cidrūpā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
cetyatām -
√cit (verb class 0)

[imperative passive third single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
bhāvayat -
√bhū -> bhāvayat (participle, masculine)

[compound from √bhū]

√bhū -> bhāvayat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √bhū], [vocative single from √bhū], [accusative single from √bhū]
Line 2: “svasaṃsthameva jñeyatvamajñatvamiva gacchati ”
svasaṃstham -
svasaṃsthā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jñeyatvam -
jñeyatva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ajñatvam -
ajñatva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
gacchati -
gacchat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

gacchat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√gam (verb class 1)

[present active third single]