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 7.168.20

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स्वप्न एवात्र दृष्टान्तो नित्यदृष्टो विचार्यताम् ।
चिन्मात्रव्यतिरेकेण सारं किं तत्र कथ्यताम् ॥ २० ॥

svapna evātra dṛṣṭānto nityadṛṣṭo vicāryatām |
cinmātravyatirekeṇa sāraṃ kiṃ tatra kathyatām || 20 ||

The instance of the dream is the best illustration of creation, and you can judge it well by the nature of the dream you dream every night; say what is there substantial in it, beside its being essential to the universal soul.
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 (7.168.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svapna, Svapnas, Eva, Drishtanta, Nitya, Drishta, Vicaryata, Cinmatra, Vyatirekena, Vyatireka, Sara, Kim, Tatra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.168.20). 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: “svapna evātra dṛṣṭānto nityadṛṣṭo vicāryatām ”
svapna* -
svapnas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

svapnas (noun, neuter)

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

svapna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
evāt -
eva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

ra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dṛṣṭānto* -
dṛṣṭānta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
nitya -
nitya (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

nitya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nitya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dṛṣṭo* -
dṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
vicāryatām -
vicāryatā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “cinmātravyatirekeṇa sāraṃ kiṃ tatra kathyatām ”
cinmātra -
cinmātra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cinmātra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vyatirekeṇa -
vyatirekeṇa (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

vyatireka (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
sāram -
sāra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sāra (noun, neuter)

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

sārā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√sṛ -> sāram (absolutive)

[absolutive from √sṛ]

√sṛ -> sāram (absolutive)

[absolutive from √sṛ]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kathyatām -
√kath (verb class 10)

[imperative passive third single]