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 7.87.43

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ब्रह्मैव सोऽस्मि संपन्नः सृष्टेः कर्ता जगद्गुरुः ।
ततो मनोमयेनैव कल्पिताः सृष्टयो मया ॥ ४३ ॥

brahmaiva so'smi saṃpannaḥ sṛṣṭeḥ kartā jagadguruḥ |
tato manomayenaiva kalpitāḥ sṛṣṭayo mayā || 43 ||

Methought I now became as Brahma, the author and lord of creation;and then with my mental part or mind, I thought of the creation in my imagination.
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 (7.87.43). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahma, Brahman, Sah, Sampanna, Srishti, Karta, Jagadguru, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Manomaya, Kalpita, Maya, 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 7.87.43). 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: “brahmaiva so'smi saṃpannaḥ sṛṣṭeḥ kartā jagadguruḥ ”
brahmai -
brahma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahman (noun, neuter)

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

brahmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√brahm (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single], [imperative middle first single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
so' -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

so (noun, feminine)

[compound]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
asmi -
√as (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
sampannaḥ -
sampanna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sṛṣṭeḥ -
sṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

sṛṣṭi (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
kartā* -
karta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kartā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
jagadguruḥ -
jagadguru (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “tato manomayenaiva kalpitāḥ sṛṣṭayo mayā ”
tato* -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
manomayenai -
manomaya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

manomaya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
kalpitāḥ -
kalpita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kalpitā (noun, feminine)

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

√kḷp -> kalpita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √kḷp], [vocative plural from √kḷp]

√kḷp -> kalpitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √kḷp], [vocative plural from √kḷp], [accusative plural from √kḷp]
sṛṣṭayo* -
sṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sṛṣṭi (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
mayā -
mā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

mayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[instrumental single]