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 7.167.38

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आकाश एव पृथ्वीयमिति धत्ते स्वसंविदम् ।
मनोराज्यपुरं बाल इव चिन्मात्रमव्ययम् ॥ ३८ ॥

ākāśa eva pṛthvīyamiti dhatte svasaṃvidam |
manorājyapuraṃ bāla iva cinmātramavyayam || 38 ||

The unchanging and undecaying intellect, bears to itself the form of air only; which it conceives by mistake as the stable earth; just as imaginary men believe the air built castle to a reality.
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 (7.167.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Akasha, Eva, Prithvi, Iyam, Idam, Iti, Svasamvid, Manorajya, Pur, Pura, Bala, Iva, Cinmatra, Avyaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.167.38). 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: “ākāśa eva pṛthvīyamiti dhatte svasaṃvidam ”
ākāśa* -
ākāśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pṛthvī -
pṛthvī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
iyam -
iyam (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

ī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

idam (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
dhatte -
√dhā (verb class 3)

[present middle third single]
svasaṃvidam -
svasaṃvidā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

svasaṃvid (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

svasaṃvid (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “manorājyapuraṃ bāla iva cinmātramavyayam ”
manorājya -
manorājya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
puram -
pura (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pura (noun, neuter)

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

purā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

pur (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
bāla* -
bāla (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
cinmātram -
cinmātra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

cinmātra (noun, neuter)

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

cinmātrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
avyayam -
avyaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

avyaya (noun, neuter)

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

avyayā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√vyā (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first single]

√vyay (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first single]