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 7.172.13

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भूत्वा भावे हि दृश्यस्य स्मरणं स्मृतिरुच्यते ।
दृश्यमेव न यत्रास्ति तत्रैताः कलनाः कुतः ॥ १३ ॥

bhūtvā bhāve hi dṛśyasya smaraṇaṃ smṛtirucyate |
dṛśyameva na yatrāsti tatraitāḥ kalanāḥ kutaḥ || 13 ||

The remembrance of the prior world in its absence, is called its reminiscence; but when there never was nor is any visible world at all, how can you think of its reminiscence; even in fancy?
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 (7.172.13). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhava, Drishya, Smarana, Smriti, Ucyat, Eva, Yatra, Asti, Tatra, Eta, Esha, Kalana, Kutah, Kuta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.172.13). 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: “bhūtvā bhāve hi dṛśyasya smaraṇaṃ smṛtirucyate ”
bhūtvā -
√bhū -> bhūtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √bhū]
bhāve -
bhāva (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
dṛśyasya -
dṛśya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

dṛśya (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, masculine)

[genitive single from √dṛś class 1 verb]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, neuter)

[genitive single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
smaraṇam -
smaraṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
smṛtir -
smṛti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ucyate -
√uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]

√uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]

√vac (verb class 2)

[present passive third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[present passive third single]
Line 2: “dṛśyameva na yatrāsti tatraitāḥ kalanāḥ kutaḥ ”
dṛśyam -
dṛśya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dṛśya (noun, neuter)

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

dṛśyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, masculine)

[adverb from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, neuter)

[adverb from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛśyā (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √dṛś class 1 verb], [accusative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yatrā -
yatra (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yatra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yatra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

yatrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
asti -
asti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

astī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

astī (noun, feminine)

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

astī (noun, neuter)

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

√as (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
tatrai -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
etāḥ -
eta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

etā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

eṣā (noun, feminine)

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

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kalanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kutaḥ -
kutaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kutaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kuta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]