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 7.125.66

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शक्रचापे यथा भान्ति नानावर्णा नभोङ्गणे ।
तथा शून्यात्मका एव ब्रह्माण्डपरमाणवः ॥ ६६ ॥

śakracāpe yathā bhānti nānāvarṇā nabhoṅgaṇe |
tathā śūnyātmakā eva brahmāṇḍaparamāṇavaḥ || 66 ||

As the various colours are seen to shine in the rainbow, in the field of empty air; so these myriads of brilliant worldly bodies, are but vacuous particles appearing in infinite space.
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 (7.125.66). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shakracapa, Yatha, Nanavarna, Nabhongana, Tatha, Shunya, Maka, Eva, Brahmanda, Paramanu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.125.66). 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: “śakracāpe yathā bhānti nānāvarṇā nabhoṅgaṇe ”
śakracāpe -
śakracāpa (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
bhānti -
√bhā (verb class 2)

[present active third plural]
nānāvarṇā* -
nānāvarṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nānāvarṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
nabhoṅgaṇe -
nabhoṅgaṇa (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
Line 2: “tathā śūnyātmakā eva brahmāṇḍaparamāṇavaḥ ”
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
śūnyāt -
śūnya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

śūnya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
makā* -
maka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
brahmāṇḍa -
brahmāṇḍa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
paramāṇavaḥ -
paramāṇu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]