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 7.171.28

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यथा मणिः प्रकचति स्वभासाऽव्यतिरिक्तया ।
आत्मनोऽनन्यया सृष्ट्या चिद्व्योम कचितं तथा ॥ २८ ॥

yathā maṇiḥ prakacati svabhāsā'vyatiriktayā |
ātmano'nanyayā sṛṣṭyā cidvyoma kacitaṃ tathā || 28 ||

As a gem shines itself of its own lustre, and not derived from without; so does the vacuous Intellect shine of its own splendour, shown forth in the creation, which is selfsame with itself.
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 (7.171.28). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yatha, Mani, Pra, Kacat, Sva, Svan, Avyat, Avyati, Rikta, Atman, Ananya, Srishti, Cidvyoman, Cidvyoma, Cit, Cita, Tatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.171.28). 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: “yathā maṇiḥ prakacati svabhāsā'vyatiriktayā ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
maṇiḥ -
maṇi (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]
kacati -
√kac -> kacat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √kac class 1 verb]

√kac -> kacat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √kac class 1 verb]

√kac (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
sva -
sva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

svan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

svan (noun, neuter)

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

sva (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
bhāsā' -
avyati -
avyatī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

avyat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

avyat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
riktayā -
riktā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

√ric -> riktā (participle, feminine)

[instrumental single from √ric class 1 verb], [instrumental single from √ric class 4 verb], [instrumental single from √ric class 7 verb]

√rij -> riktā (participle, feminine)

[instrumental single from √rij class 1 verb]
Line 2: “ātmano'nanyayā sṛṣṭyā cidvyoma kacitaṃ tathā ”
ātmano' -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
ananyayā -
ananyā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
sṛṣṭyā -
sṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
cidvyoma -
cidvyoman (noun, masculine)

[compound]

cidvyoman (noun, neuter)

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

cidvyoma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cidvyoma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ka -
ka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
citam -
cita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

cita (noun, neuter)

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

citā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

cit (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

cit (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]