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 7.53.1

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श्रीराम उवाच ।
यथा चेत्ये चेतनता यथा काले च कालता ।
यथा च व्योमता व्योम्नि यथा च जडता जडे ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca |
yathā cetye cetanatā yathā kāle ca kālatā |
yathā ca vyomatā vyomni yathā ca jaḍatā jaḍe || 1 ||

Rama said:—How there is sensibility in sensible beings, and there is durability in time; how vacuum is a perfect void, and how inertness abides in dull material substances:—
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 (7.53.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shrirama, Yatha, Cetya, Ceti, Cetanata, Kale, Kala, Kalata, Vyoman, Vyoma, Tas, Jadata, Jada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.53.1). 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: “śrīrāma uvāca ”
śrīrāma* -
śrīrāma (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: “yathā cetye cetanatā yathā kāle ca kālatā ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
cetye -
cetya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

cetya (noun, neuter)

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

cetyā (noun, feminine)

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

√cit -> cetya (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √cit]

√cit -> cetya (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √cit], [vocative dual from √cit], [accusative dual from √cit], [locative single from √cit]

√cit -> cetyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √cit], [vocative single from √cit], [vocative dual from √cit], [accusative dual from √cit]

cetī (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

√cit (verb class 0)

[present passive first single]
cetanatā* -
cetanatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kāle -
kāle (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kāla (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

kāla (noun, neuter)

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

kālā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

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

[nominative single]
Line 3: “yathā ca vyomatā vyomni yathā ca jaḍatā jaḍe ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vyoma -
vyoman (noun, masculine)

[compound]

vyoman (noun, neuter)

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

vyoma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
tā* -
ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
vyomni -
vyoman (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vyoman (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jaḍatā* -
jaḍatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
jaḍe -
jaḍa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

jaḍa (noun, neuter)

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

jaḍā (noun, feminine)

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