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 7.178.36

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इति संचिन्त्य सब्रह्मजगद्धारणया चिरम् ।
निमीलितदृशस्तस्थुस्ते चित्ररचिता इव ॥ ३६ ॥

iti saṃcintya sabrahmajagaddhāraṇayā ciram |
nimīlitadṛśastasthuste citraracitā iva || 36 ||

Believing themselves as Brahma, they sat long with the thought of supporting the world; and remained all along with their closed eyes, as if they were mere figures in painting.
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 (7.178.36). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iti, Sancintya, Brahmaja, Gat, Harana, Ciram, Cira, Nimilitadrish, Tad, Yushmad, Citra, Racita, Iva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.178.36). 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: “iti saṃcintya sabrahmajagaddhāraṇayā ciram ”
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
sañcintya -
sañcintya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sañcintya (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

brahmaja (noun, neuter)

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

[compound]

gat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
hāraṇayā -
hāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
ciram -
ciram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

cira (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

cira (noun, neuter)

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

cirā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “nimīlitadṛśastasthuste citraracitā iva ”
nimīlitadṛśas -
nimīlitadṛś (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

nimīlitadṛś (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
tasthus -
√sthā (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]
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]
citra -
citra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

citra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
racitā* -
racita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

racitā (noun, feminine)

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

√rac -> racita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √rac class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √rac class 10 verb]

√rac -> racitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √rac class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √rac class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √rac class 10 verb]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]