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 7.68.37

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प्रत्यक्ष एव भावत्वे नष्टे क्वेवानुमादयः ।
उह्यन्ते वारणा यत्र तत्रोर्णायुषु का कथा ॥ ३७ ॥

pratyakṣa eva bhāvatve naṣṭe kvevānumādayaḥ |
uhyante vāraṇā yatra tatrorṇāyuṣu kā kathā || 37 ||

The sensibles being proved as unreal, there can be no reality in their perceptions and thoughts also; it is impossible for a spider to maintain its web before a storm, which blows away an elephant.
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 (7.68.37). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pratyaksha, Eva, Bhavatva, Nashta, Nashti, Uma, Aya, Ayas, Varana, Yatra, Tatra, Urnayu, Katha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.68.37). 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: “pratyakṣa eva bhāvatve naṣṭe kvevānumādayaḥ ”
pratyakṣa* -
pratyakṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhāvatve -
bhāvatva (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
naṣṭe -
naṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

naṣṭa (noun, neuter)

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

naṣṭā (noun, feminine)

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

naṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√naś -> naṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √naś class 1 verb], [locative single from √naś class 4 verb]

√naś -> naṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √naś class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √naś class 1 verb], [locative single from √naś class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √naś class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √naś class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √naś class 4 verb], [locative single from √naś class 4 verb]

√naś -> naṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative single from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √naś class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √naś class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √naś class 4 verb], [vocative single from √naś class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √naś class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √naś class 4 verb]

√naś -> naṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √naś class 1 verb]

√naś -> naṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √naś class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √naś class 1 verb], [locative single from √naś class 1 verb]

√naś -> naṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative single from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √naś class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √naś class 1 verb]
kve -
ku (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

ku (noun, feminine)

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

kū (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
evān -
eva (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
umād -
uma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ayaḥ -
ayas (noun, neuter)

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

aya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

i (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

e (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “uhyante vāraṇā yatra tatrorṇāyuṣu kā kathā ”
uhyante -
√uh (verb class 1)

[present passive third plural]

√vah (verb class 1)

[present passive third plural]
vāraṇā* -
vāraṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yatra -
yatra (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yatra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yatra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tatro -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ūrṇāyuṣu -
ūrṇāyu (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

ūrṇāyu (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

ūrṇāyu (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]
kā -
kā (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kathā -
kathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]