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 7.91.1

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श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
ततोऽहमभवं तेजस्तेजोधारणयेद्धया ।
चन्द्रार्कतारकाग्न्यादिविचित्रावयवान्वितम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
tato'hamabhavaṃ tejastejodhāraṇayeddhayā |
candrārkatārakāgnyādivicitrāvayavānvitam || 1 ||

Vasishtha related:—I then believed myself as identical with light, and beheld its various aspects in the luminous bodies of the sun and moon, in the planets and stars, and in fire and all shining objects.
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 (7.91.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shri, Vasishtha, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Aha, Asmad, Abhava, Tejastejas, Dharana, Dharani, Iddha, Candrarka, Taraka, Agni, Adi, Adin, Vicitra, Ayava, Ayavat, Vita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.91.1). 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: “śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ”
śrī -
śrī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

śrī (noun, masculine)

[compound]
vasiṣṭha* -
vasiṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “tato'hamabhavaṃ tejastejodhāraṇayeddhayā ”
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]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
abhavam -
abhava (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first single]
tejastejo -
tejastejas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
dhāraṇaye -
dhāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

dhāraṇi (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
iddhayā -
iddhā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

√indh -> iddhā (participle, feminine)

[instrumental single from √indh class 7 verb]
Line 3: “candrārkatārakāgnyādivicitrāvayavānvitam ”
candrārka -
candrārka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
tārakā -
tāraka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tāraka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tārakā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
agnyā -
agni (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ādi -
ādi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ādi (noun, neuter)

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

ādi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ādin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ādin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vicitrāva -
vicitra (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ayavān -
ayava (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

ayavat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vitam -
vita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vita (noun, neuter)

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