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 7.85.5

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पवनस्य यथा स्पन्दस्तथैवेच्छा शिवस्य सा ।
यथास्पन्दोऽनिलस्यान्तः प्रशान्तेच्छस्तथा शिवः ॥ ५ ॥

pavanasya yathā spandastathaivecchā śivasya sā |
yathāspando'nilasyāntaḥ praśāntecchastathā śivaḥ || 5 ||

She is the volition of Siva, as fluctuation is innate in the air; and as the air is still without its vibration, so Siva is quite quiet without his will or volition.
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 (7.85.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pavana, Yatha, Spanda, Tatha, Iccha, Shiva, Aspanda, Anila, Anta, Prashanta, Prashanti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.85.5). 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: “pavanasya yathā spandastathaivecchā śivasya sā ”
pavanasya -
pavana (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

pavana (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
spandas -
spanda (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aive -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
icchā -
icchā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
śivasya -
śiva (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

śiva (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
sā -
sā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “yathāspando'nilasyāntaḥ praśāntecchastathā śivaḥ ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
aspando' -
aspanda (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
anilasyā -
anila (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
antaḥ -
anta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
praśānte -
praśānta (noun, masculine)

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

praśānta (noun, neuter)

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

praśāntā (noun, feminine)

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

praśānti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
iccha -
√iṣ (verb class 6)

[imperative active second single]
sta -
√as (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
thā -
śivaḥ -
śiva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]