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 7.161.34

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तदेवाकाशमात्रात्म यद्यविद्येति कथ्यते ।
तद्यदास्ते तदेवाहं बन्धः स्वकलनात्मकः ॥ ३४ ॥

tadevākāśamātrātma yadyavidyeti kathyate |
tadyadāste tadevāhaṃ bandhaḥ svakalanātmakaḥ || 34 ||

The world is a vacuous substance, and represented as a gross stuff by ignorance; so I am as free as air and any airy thing in the world, and it is my imagination only, that binds me to my grossness.
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 (7.161.34). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Vaka, Ashama, Rat, Yadi, Yad, Avidya, Iti, Tad, Tat, Yada, Asta, Asti, Vaha, Bandha, Svaka, Maka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.161.34). 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: “tadevākāśamātrātma yadyavidyeti kathyate ”
tade -
tadā (noun, feminine)

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

tada (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
vākā -
vāka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vāka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vākā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aśamāt -
aśama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
rāt -
ra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

ra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√rā -> rāt (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √rā class 2 verb], [vocative single from √rā class 2 verb], [accusative single from √rā class 2 verb]
ma -
ma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yadya -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
avidye -
avidya (noun, masculine)

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

avidya (noun, neuter)

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

avidyā (noun, feminine)

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

√vid (verb class 2)

[imperfect passive first single]

√vid (verb class 6)

[imperfect passive first single]

√vid (verb class 7)

[imperfect passive first single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
kathyate -
√kath (verb class 10)

[present passive third single]
Line 2: “tadyadāste tadevāhaṃ bandhaḥ svakalanātmakaḥ ”
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
yadā -
yadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yadā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
aste -
asta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

asta (noun, neuter)

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

astā (noun, feminine)

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

asti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
tade -
tadā (noun, feminine)

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

tada (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
vāham -
vāha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vāha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

vāhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
bandhaḥ -
bandha (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

svaka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
la -
la (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
nāt -
na (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

na (noun, neuter)

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

[nominative single]