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 7.174.8

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स्वानुभूयत एवेयं भ्रान्तिः स्वप्नजगत्स्विव ।
कारणं त्वनुमासाध्यं क्वानुमाऽनुभवाधिका ॥ ८ ॥

svānubhūyata eveyaṃ bhrāntiḥ svapnajagatsviva |
kāraṇaṃ tvanumāsādhyaṃ kvānumā'nubhavādhikā || 8 ||

When guessing knowledge is no better than a dream of the world; so ocular authority is more strong than inocular one.
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 (7.174.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sva, Svan, Anubhuya, Tas, Eva, Iyam, Idam, Bhranti, Svapnaja, Gat, Iva, Karana, Tva, Anuma, Asadhya, Kva, Anubhava, Adhika,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.174.8). 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: “svānubhūyata eveyaṃ bhrāntiḥ svapnajagatsviva ”
svā -
sva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

svan (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

svan (noun, neuter)

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

sva (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

svā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
anubhūya -
anubhūya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ta* -
tas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tas (noun, neuter)

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

ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
eve -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

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

evā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iyam -
iyam (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

ī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

idam (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
bhrāntiḥ -
bhrānti (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

svapnaja (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
gatsvi -
gat (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

gat (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “kāraṇaṃ tvanumāsādhyaṃ kvānumā'nubhavādhikā ”
kāraṇam -
kāraṇa (noun, neuter)

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

kāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tva -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

tva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
anumā -
anumā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√nu (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first plural]
asādhyam -
asādhya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

asādhya (noun, neuter)

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

asādhyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√sādh (verb class 4)

[imperfect active first single]
kvā -
kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ku (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
anumā' -
anubhavā -
anubhava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
adhikā -
adhikā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]