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 7.59.61

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पुराणवेदसिद्धान्तकल्पनातल्पपालिषु ।
घननिद्राणि सुप्तानि बिभ्रन्ति शवतामिव ॥ ६१ ॥

purāṇavedasiddhāntakalpanātalpapāliṣu |
ghananidrāṇi suptāni bibhranti śavatāmiva || 61 ||

The rituals and their rewards, which are prescribed in the vedas and puranas, are as the fanciful dreams occurring in light sleep; but they are buried into oblivion by them and are led up in the sound sleep like the dead.
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 (7.59.61). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Puranaveda, Siddhanta, Kalpana, Alpa, Pali, Palin, Ghana, Nidra, Ani, Supta, Bibhrat, Shavat, Iva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.59.61). 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: “purāṇavedasiddhāntakalpanātalpapāliṣu ”
purāṇaveda -
purāṇaveda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
siddhānta -
siddhānta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
kalpanāt -
kalpana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
alpa -
alpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

alpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pāliṣu -
pāli (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]

pāli (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

pālin (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

pālin (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
Line 2: “ghananidrāṇi suptāni bibhranti śavatāmiva ”
ghana -
ghana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ghana (noun, neuter)

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

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

[compound], [adverb]

aṇī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
suptāni -
supta (noun, neuter)

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

√svap -> supta (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √svap class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √svap class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √svap class 2 verb]
bibhranti -
bibhrat (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
śavatām -
√śav -> śavat (participle, masculine)

[genitive plural from √śav class 1 verb]

√śav -> śavat (participle, neuter)

[genitive plural from √śav class 1 verb]

√śu -> śavat (participle, masculine)

[genitive plural from √śu class 1 verb]

√śu -> śavat (participle, neuter)

[genitive plural from √śu class 1 verb]

√śav (verb class 1)

[imperative active third dual], [imperative middle third single]

√śu (verb class 1)

[imperative active third dual], [imperative middle third single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]