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 7.62.23

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श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
रूपालोकमनस्काराः शब्दपाठवचांसि च ।
यथा स्वप्ने नभस्येव सन्ति तत्र तथाम्बरे ॥ २३ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
rūpālokamanaskārāḥ śabdapāṭhavacāṃsi ca |
yathā svapne nabhasyeva santi tatra tathāmbare || 23 ||

Vasishtha replied:—The seeing of sights, the thinking of thoughts, and the uttering of sounds; are all productions of empty air, as they occur in our airy dreams.
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 (7.62.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shri, Vasishtha, Rupa, Aloka, Manaskara, Shabdapatha, Vacas, Yatha, Svapna, Nabha, Nabhasya, Iva, Sat, Santi, Tatra, Tatha, Bara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.62.23). 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: “śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ”
śrī -
śrī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

śrī (noun, masculine)

[compound]
vasiṣṭha* -
vasiṣṭha (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: “rūpālokamanaskārāḥ śabdapāṭhavacāṃsi ca ”
rūpā -
rūpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

rūpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

rūpā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
manaskārāḥ -
manaskāra (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
vacāṃsi -
vacas (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 3: “yathā svapne nabhasyeva santi tatra tathāmbare ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
svapne -
svapna (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

svapna (noun, neuter)

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

svapnā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
nabhasye -
nabhasya (noun, masculine)

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

nabhasya (noun, neuter)

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

nabha (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

nabhasyā (noun, feminine)

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

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
santi -
santi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

santi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

santi (noun, neuter)

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

sat (noun, neuter)

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

√as (verb class 2)

[present active third plural]
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tathām -
tathā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
bare -
bara (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

barā (noun, feminine)

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