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 7.172.20

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तदेतत्स्मरणं नाम स्वभावकचनं हि तत् ।
तेनाभ्यस्तोऽथ बाह्यार्थः सादृश्यादवभासते ॥ २० ॥

tadetatsmaraṇaṃ nāma svabhāvakacanaṃ hi tat |
tenābhyasto'tha bāhyārthaḥ sādṛśyādavabhāsate || 20 ||

So the remembrance of the Lord, is as he is seen in the light of nature; hence the habitual meditation of the lord, corresponds with the contemplation of external nature.
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 (7.172.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Tat, Tad, Smarana, Naman, Svabhavaka, Cana, Tena, Abhyasta, Atha, Bahyartha, Sadrishya, Avabhasa, Yushmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.172.20). 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: “tadetatsmaraṇaṃ nāma svabhāvakacanaṃ hi tat ”
tade -
tadā (noun, feminine)

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

tada (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
smaraṇam -
smaraṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
nāma -
nāman (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

svabhāvaka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
canam -
cana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

cana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “tenābhyasto'tha bāhyārthaḥ sādṛśyādavabhāsate ”
tenā -
tena (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

√tan (verb class 8)

[perfect active second plural]

√tan (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]

√tan (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
abhyasto' -
abhyasta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
bāhyārthaḥ -
bāhyārtha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sādṛśyād -
sādṛśya (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]