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 7.186.72

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शिलानृतं यथा सत्यं संकल्पनगरे तथा ।
जगत्संकल्पनगरे सत्यं ब्रह्मण ईप्सितम् ॥ ७२ ॥

śilānṛtaṃ yathā satyaṃ saṃkalpanagare tathā |
jagatsaṃkalpanagare satyaṃ brahmaṇa īpsitam || 72 ||

As we see the unreal flight of stones, as realities in our imagination; so we see the false appearance of the world, as true by the will of God, and the contrivance of Brahma.
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 (7.186.72). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shila, Ritam, Rita, Yatha, Satyam, Satya, Sankalpana, Gara, Tatha, Jagat, Brahman, Brahmana, Ipsita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.186.72). 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: “śilānṛtaṃ yathā satyaṃ saṃkalpanagare tathā ”
śilān -
śila (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
ṛtam -
ṛtam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ṛta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ṛta (noun, neuter)

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

ṛtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
satyam -
satyam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

satya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

satya (noun, neuter)

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

satyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
saṅkalpana -
saṅkalpana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
gare -
gara (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

gara (noun, neuter)

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

garā (noun, feminine)

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

√gṛ (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “jagatsaṃkalpanagare satyaṃ brahmaṇa īpsitam ”
jagat -
jagat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

jagat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
saṅkalpana -
saṅkalpana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
gare -
gara (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

gara (noun, neuter)

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

garā (noun, feminine)

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

√gṛ (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
satyam -
satyam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

satya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

satya (noun, neuter)

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

satyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
brahmaṇa* -
brahman (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

brahmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
īpsitam -
īpsita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

īpsita (noun, neuter)

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

īpsitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√āp -> īpsita (participle, masculine)

[adverb from √āp]

√āp -> īpsita (participle, neuter)

[adverb from √āp]

√āp -> īpsitā (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √āp]

√āp -> īpsita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √āp]

√āp -> īpsita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √āp], [accusative single from √āp]