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 7.55.3

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स्वभावमेव सततं भावयन्भावनात्मकम् ।
आत्मन्येव हि चिद्धातुः सर्वोऽनुभववान्स्थितः ॥ ३ ॥

svabhāvameva satataṃ bhāvayanbhāvanātmakam |
ātmanyeva hi ciddhātuḥ sarvo'nubhavavānsthitaḥ || 3 ||

It is the nature of man to think of things, by his own nature, and hence the intelligent of mankind view the world in an intellectual light, while the ignorant take [it] in a gross material sense. The intellect being capable of conceiving everything in itself.
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 (7.55.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svabhava, Eva, Satatam, Satata, Bhavayat, Bhavana, Maka, Atmanya, Iva, Cit, Hatu, Sarva, Anubhava, Vat, Sthita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.55.3). 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: “svabhāvameva satataṃ bhāvayanbhāvanātmakam ”
svabhāvam -
svabhāva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable]

satata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

satata (noun, neuter)

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

satatā (noun, feminine)

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

[nominative single from √bhū], [vocative single from √bhū]
bhāvanāt -
bhāvana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

bhāvana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
makam -
maka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

maka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “ātmanyeva hi ciddhātuḥ sarvo'nubhavavānsthitaḥ ”
ātmanye -
ātmanya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

ātmanya (noun, neuter)

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

ātmanyā (noun, feminine)

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

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
ciddh -
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]
hātuḥ -
hātu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sarvo' -
sarva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
anubhava -
anubhava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vān -
va (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

√vā -> vāt (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vā class 2 verb], [vocative single from √vā class 2 verb]

√vā -> vāt (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vā class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vā class 1 verb]
sthitaḥ -
sthita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]