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 7.81.6

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सूर्येष्वविद्यमानेषु महातमसि चाम्बरे ।
स्थिता कथमियं छाया भवेदिति मतिर्मम ॥ ६ ॥

sūryeṣvavidyamāneṣu mahātamasi cāmbare |
sthitā kathamiyaṃ chāyā bhavediti matirmama || 6 ||

I was thinking in my mind, as to how could this appear in this dark and dreary night; when the heavens were hid under darkness, and there was no luminary shining in the sky.
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 (7.81.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Surya, Avidyamana, Mahatamas, Bara, Sthita, Katham, Katha, Iyam, Idam, Cha, Chaya, Iti, Mati, Asmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.81.6). 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: “sūryeṣvavidyamāneṣu mahātamasi cāmbare ”
sūryeṣva -
sūrya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

sūrya (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

√sūr -> sūrya (participle, masculine)

[locative plural from √sūr class 4 verb], [locative plural from √sūr class 10 verb]

√sūr -> sūrya (participle, neuter)

[locative plural from √sūr class 4 verb], [locative plural from √sūr class 10 verb]
avidyamāneṣu -
avidyamāna (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

avidyamāna (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
mahātamasi -
mahātamas (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
cām -
cā (noun, feminine)

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

[locative single]

barā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “sthitā kathamiyaṃ chāyā bhavediti matirmama ”
sthitā -
sthitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√sthā -> sthitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
iyam -
iyam (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

ī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

idam (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
chāyā* -
chā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

chāya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

chāyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
bhaved -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
matir -
mati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

mati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mama -
asmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive single]

√mā (verb class 2)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 3)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]