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 7.177.42

पश्यन्त्यामेव पश्यन्ती यथा भाति तथैव च ।
यथा शब्दास्तथा सर्गाश्चितैव चिति चिन्मयाः ॥ ४२ ॥

paśyantyāmeva paśyantī yathā bhāti tathaiva ca |
yathā śabdāstathā sargāścitaiva citi cinmayāḥ || 42 ||

The all seeing soul, sees all things as they are in itself; and finds them to be of the same intellectual nature with its own intellect; and as all things are equivalent to the words expressive of them.

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (7.177.42). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pashyanti, Eva, Pashyat, Yatha, Tatha, Shabda, Sarga, Cit, Cita, Citi, Cinmaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.177.42). 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: “paśyantyāmeva paśyantī yathā bhāti tathaiva ca
  • paśyantyām -
  • paśyantī (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • paśyantī -
  • paśyantī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    paśyat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • bhāti -
  • bhāti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhā (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]
  • tathai -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “yathā śabdāstathā sargāścitaiva citi cinmayāḥ
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • śabdās -
  • śabda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sargāś -
  • sarga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • citai -
  • cita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    cita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    cit (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    cit (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    citā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • citi -
  • citi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    citi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    citī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    cit (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    cit (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • cinmayāḥ -
  • cinmaya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    cinmayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.177.42

Cover of edition (1891)

Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)

[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.

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Preview of verse 7.177.42 in Gujarati sript:
પશ્યન્ત્યામેવ પશ્યન્તી યથા ભાતિ તથૈવ ચ ।
યથા શબ્દાસ્તથા સર્ગાશ્ચિતૈવ ચિતિ ચિન્મયાઃ ॥ ૪૨ ॥

Cover of edition (2019)

Vasishtha Rama Samvadam (Telugu)
by Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad (2019)

Set of 4 Volumes; 9789383972142.

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Preview of verse 7.177.42 in Telugu sript:
పశ్యన్త్యామేవ పశ్యన్తీ యథా భాతి తథైవ చ ।
యథా శబ్దాస్తథా సర్గాశ్చితైవ చితి చిన్మయాః ॥ ౪౨ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

The Yogavasistha (Hindi translation)
by Khemraj Shrikrishnadass (2009)

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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