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 7.87.40

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तेनाहंप्रत्ययेनाथ शब्दं कर्तुं प्रवृत्तवान् ।
शून्य एव यथा सुप्तः स्वप्नोड्डीननरो रवम् ॥ ४० ॥

tenāhaṃpratyayenātha śabdaṃ kartuṃ pravṛttavān |
śūnya eva yathā suptaḥ svapnoḍḍīnanaro ravam || 40 ||

With this belief (of my being an embodied being), I began to utter sounds; and these sounds were as void, as those of man, dreaming himself as flying in the air in his sleep.
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 (7.87.40). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Tena, Aha, Asmad, Pratyaya, Atha, Shabda, Kartu, Pravrittavat, Shunya, Eva, Yatha, Supta, Svapna, Uddina, Nara, Nri, Rava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.87.40). 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: “tenāhaṃpratyayenātha śabdaṃ kartuṃ pravṛttavān ”
tenā -
tena (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

√tan (verb class 8)

[perfect active second plural]

√tan (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]

√tan (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
pratyayenā -
pratyaya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
śabdam -
śabda (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
kartum -
√kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √kṛ]

kartu (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

kartu (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
pravṛttavān -
pravṛttavat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “śūnya eva yathā suptaḥ svapnoḍḍīnanaro ravam ”
śūnya* -
śūnya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
suptaḥ -
supta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√svap -> supta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √svap class 2 verb]
svapno -
svapna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

svapna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

svapnā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

uḍḍīna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
naro* -
nara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
ravam -
rava (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ravā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]