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 7.105.1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
स्वभावं जगदाकारं चिद्भावोऽनुभवन्स्थितः ।
स्वतः स्वप्नमिवानन्यमात्मनः कल्पनाभिधम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
svabhāvaṃ jagadākāraṃ cidbhāvo'nubhavansthitaḥ |
svataḥ svapnamivānanyamātmanaḥ kalpanābhidham || 1 ||

Vasishtha continued:—The Intellect conceives the form of the world, of its own intrinsic nature; and fancies itself in that very form, as it were in a dream.

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (7.105.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shri, Vasishtha, Svabhava, Jagada, Akara, Cit, Bhava, Anu, Bhavat, Sthita, Svatah, Svapna, Iva, Ananya, Atman, Kalpana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.105.1). 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: “svabhāvaṃ jagadākāraṃ cidbhāvo'nubhavansthitaḥ
  • svabhāvam -
  • svabhāva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • jagadā -
  • jagada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    gad (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural]
  • akāram -
  • akāra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • cid -
  • cit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • bhāvo' -
  • bhāva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    bhā (verb class 2)
    [present active first dual]
  • anu -
  • anu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    anu (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    anu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    anu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    anu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • bhavan -
  • bhavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • sthitaḥ -
  • sthita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
  • Line 3: “svataḥ svapnamivānanyamātmanaḥ kalpanābhidham
  • svataḥ -
  • svataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • svapnam -
  • svapna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    svapna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    svapnā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ivā -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • ananyam -
  • ananya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ananya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ananyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ātmanaḥ -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • kalpanā -
  • kalpana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kalpanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • abhidham -
  • abhidhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.105.1

Cover of edition (1891)

Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)

[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.

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Preview of verse 7.105.1 in Gujarati sript:
શ્રીવસિષ્ઠ ઉવાચ ।
સ્વભાવં જગદાકારં ચિદ્ભાવોઽનુભવન્સ્થિતઃ ।
સ્વતઃ સ્વપ્નમિવાનન્યમાત્મનઃ કલ્પનાભિધમ્ ॥ ૧ ॥

Cover of edition (2019)

Vasishtha Rama Samvadam (Telugu)
by Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad (2019)

Set of 4 Volumes; 9789383972142.

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Preview of verse 7.105.1 in Telugu sript:
శ్రీవసిష్ఠ ఉవాచ ।
స్వభావం జగదాకారం చిద్భావోఽనుభవన్స్థితః ।
స్వతః స్వప్నమివానన్యమాత్మనః కల్పనాభిధమ్ ॥ ౧ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

The Yogavasistha (Hindi translation)
by Khemraj Shrikrishnadass (2009)

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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