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 7.160.18

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विचित्रवर्णा विगुणा शून्ये च वितताकृतिः ।
जडस्पन्दोत्पातमयी शक्रचापलतेव खे ॥ १८ ॥

vicitravarṇā viguṇā śūnye ca vitatākṛtiḥ |
jaḍaspandotpātamayī śakracāpalateva khe || 18 ||

The variegated views which are stretched all about the empty air, without any connecting chain or link between them;are as the many coloured rainbows of heaven, which are described by the falling rains and melt into the empty air.
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 (7.160.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vicitra, Varna, Viguna, Shunya, Vitata, Akriti, Jada, Spanda, Utpata, Ayin, Shakracapa, Lata, Iva, Kha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.160.18). 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: “vicitravarṇā viguṇā śūnye ca vitatākṛtiḥ ”
vicitra -
vicitra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vicitra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
varṇā* -
varṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

varṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
viguṇā -
viguṇā (noun, feminine)

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

[locative single]

śūnya (noun, neuter)

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

śūnyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vitatā -
vitata (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vitata (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vitatā (noun, feminine)

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

[nominative single]

ākṛti (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “jaḍaspandotpātamayī śakracāpalateva khe ”
jaḍa -
jaḍa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

jaḍa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
spando -
spanda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
utpātam -
utpāta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
ayī -
ayin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śakracāpa -
śakracāpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
late -
latā (noun, feminine)

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

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
khe -
kha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

kha (noun, neuter)

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

khā (noun, feminine)

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