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 7.168.53

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क्व स्मृतिः क्व च वा स्वप्नः क्व कालाः कलनाश्च काः ।
चिदाभानमिदं भाति शान्तं शून्यमिवाम्बरे ॥ ५३ ॥

kva smṛtiḥ kva ca vā svapnaḥ kva kālāḥ kalanāśca kāḥ |
cidābhānamidaṃ bhāti śāntaṃ śūnyamivāmbare || 53 ||

What is the remembrance of a thing, any more than the dream of something, which is nothing in reality; and what is time of which we have no conception, except it be an imagination or devise of the mind in 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 (7.168.53). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kva, Smriti, Svapna, Svapnas, Kala, Kalana, Cit, Abha, Amin, Shanta, Shunya, Iva, Ambara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.168.53). 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: “kva smṛtiḥ kva ca vā svapnaḥ kva kālāḥ kalanāśca kāḥ ”
kva -
kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
smṛtiḥ -
smṛti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kva -
kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
svapnaḥ -
svapnas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

svapnas (noun, neuter)

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

svapna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kva -
kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kālāḥ -
kāla (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kālā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kalanāś -
kalana (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kalanā (noun, feminine)

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

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kāḥ -
kās (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “cidābhānamidaṃ bhāti śāntaṃ śūnyamivāmbare ”
cid -
cit (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

cit (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ābhān -
ābha (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
ami -
amin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

amin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
dam -
da (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

da (noun, neuter)

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

dā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

dā (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
bhāti -
bhāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√bhā (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
śāntam -
śānta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śānta (noun, neuter)

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

śāntā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√śam -> śānta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √śam class 4 verb], [accusative single from √śam class 9 verb]

√śam -> śānta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √śam class 4 verb], [accusative single from √śam class 4 verb], [nominative single from √śam class 9 verb], [accusative single from √śam class 9 verb]
śūnyam -
śūnya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śūnya (noun, neuter)

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

śūnyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ambare -
ambara (noun, neuter)

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

ambara (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ambarā (noun, feminine)

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