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 7.187.20

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पञ्चानामिति भूतानामाकरत्वेन संविदः ।
पञ्च तान्युचिता ब्राह्म्यः प्रश्नः किं भास्करं प्रति ॥ २० ॥

pañcānāmiti bhūtānāmākaratvena saṃvidaḥ |
pañca tānyucitā brāhmyaḥ praśnaḥ kiṃ bhāskaraṃ prati || 20 ||

It is the reservoir of the five elements, which are the quintuple principles of our knowledge; and it being thus the container of the quintessence of Brahma, what is seen or anything else before it.
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 (7.187.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Panca, Iti, Bhuta, Akara, Tva, Samvid, Samvida, Pancan, Tad, Tani, Ucita, Brahmi, Brahmya, Prashna, Kim, Bhaskara, Prati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.187.20). 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: “pañcānāmiti bhūtānāmākaratvena saṃvidaḥ ”
pañcānām -
pañca (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

pañca (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

pañcā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
bhūtānām -
bhūta (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

bhūta (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

bhūtā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
ākara -
ākara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ākara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tvena -
tva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

tva (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
saṃvidaḥ -
saṃvid (noun, feminine)

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

saṃvida (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “pañca tānyucitā brāhmyaḥ praśnaḥ kiṃ bhāskaraṃ prati ”
pañca -
pañca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pañca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pañcan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

pañcan (noun, neuter)

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

√pañc (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
tānyu -
tānī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

tānī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

tānī (noun, neuter)

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

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
ucitā* -
ucita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ucitā (noun, feminine)

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

√uc -> ucita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √uc class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √uc class 4 verb]

√uc -> ucitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √uc class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √uc class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √uc class 4 verb]
brāhmyaḥ -
brāhmī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

brāhmya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
praśnaḥ -
praśna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
bhāskaram -
bhāskara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bhāskara (noun, neuter)

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

bhāskarā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
prati -
prati (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

prati (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

pratī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

pratī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

pratī (noun, neuter)

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

prati (Preverb)

[Preverb]