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 7.106.51

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चिदाकाशप्रकाशेन चित्ता दृश्यपिशाचकः ।
वेतालो बालकेनेव बुद्धोऽसन्नेव सन्निव ॥ ५१ ॥

cidākāśaprakāśena cittā dṛśyapiśācakaḥ |
vetālo bālakeneva buddho'sanneva sanniva || 51 ||

The manifestation in the intellectual vacuum, takes possession of the mind like a phantom; which represents the unreal world as a reality before it, as the false phantom of [a] ghost, takes a firm hold on the mind of an infant.
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 (7.106.51). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Cit, Akasha, Prakasha, Citta, Drishya, Pishacaka, Vetala, Balaka, Iva, Buddha, Asanna,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.106.51). 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: “cidākāśaprakāśena cittā dṛśyapiśācakaḥ ”
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]
ākāśa -
ākāśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ākāśa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
prakāśena -
prakāśa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

prakāśa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
cittā* -
citta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

cittā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
dṛśya -
dṛśya (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

dṛśya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dṛśya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, masculine)

[compound from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, neuter)

[compound from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
piśācakaḥ -
piśācaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “vetālo bālakeneva buddho'sanneva sanniva ”
vetālo* -
vetāla (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bālakene -
bālaka (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

bālaka (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
buddho' -
buddha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
asanne -
asanna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

asanna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

asannā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sanni -
sanni (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
va -
va (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

va (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]