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 7.100.22

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यत्तयैव च संवित्त्या वेदनेनैव लभ्यते ।
अयं स्वभावज्ञप्त्यान्तर्जाड्यं पुंसेव निद्रया ॥ २२ ॥

yattayaiva ca saṃvittyā vedanenaiva labhyate |
ayaṃ svabhāvajñaptyāntarjāḍyaṃ puṃseva nidrayā || 22 ||

The knowledge of nature or gross materialism, which rises in the mind of man, for want of his knowledge of the consciousness of himself, is like the dark ignorance in which one is involved 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 (7.100.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yatta, Samvitti, Vedana, Aya, Idam, Svabhava, Jnapti, Antarja, Adi, Pums, Iva, Nidra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.100.22). 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: “yattayaiva ca saṃvittyā vedanenaiva labhyate ”
yattayai -
yattā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

√yat -> yattā (participle, feminine)

[instrumental single from √yat class 1 verb]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
saṃvittyā* -
saṃvitti (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
vedanenai -
vedana (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vedana (noun, neuter)

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

[imperfect active first dual]
labhyate -
√labh (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]
Line 2: “ayaṃ svabhāvajñaptyāntarjāḍyaṃ puṃseva nidrayā ”
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
jñaptyā -
jñapti (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
antarjā -
antarja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

antarja (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

antarjā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
āḍya -
āḍi (noun, feminine)

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

āḍī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
am -
a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
puṃse -
puṃs (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single], [dative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
nidrayā -
nidrā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]