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 7.94.45

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स एव कथ्यते ब्रह्मा सकल्पाकाशरूपवान् ।
असदेवासतो बीजं जगतो विगताकृतिः ॥ ४५ ॥

sa eva kathyate brahmā sakalpākāśarūpavān |
asadevāsato bījaṃ jagato vigatākṛtiḥ || 45 ||

This divine Mind is styled Brahma, which [is] the vacuous form of the divine will; which is [an] unsubstantial origin of this unreal world, which is as formless as the hollow mind.
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 (7.94.45). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sah, Eva, Brahma, Sakalpa, Akasharupa, Vat, Asat, Bija, Jagat, Vigata, Akriti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.94.45). 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: “sa eva kathyate brahmā sakalpākāśarūpavān ”
sa* -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kathyate -
√kath (verb class 10)

[present passive third single]
brahmā -
brahmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
sakalpā -
sakalpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sakalpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sakalpā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

ākāśarūpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vān -
va (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

√vā -> vāt (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vā class 2 verb], [vocative single from √vā class 2 verb]

√vā -> vāt (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vā class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vā class 1 verb]
Line 2: “asadevāsato bījaṃ jagato vigatākṛtiḥ ”
asad -
asat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

asat (noun, neuter)

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

√sas (verb class 2)

[imperfect active third single]
evā -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

evā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
asato* -
asat (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

asat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
bījam -
bīja (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bīja (noun, neuter)

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

bījā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
jagato* -
jagat (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

jagat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
vigatā -
vigata (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vigata (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vigatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ākṛtiḥ -
ākṛti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ākṛti (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]