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 7.189.12

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चिन्नभश्चेतनं त्यक्त्वा ब्रह्माहमिति पश्यति ।
अयं देहोऽयमाधार इति बघ्नाति भावनाम् ॥ १२ ॥

cinnabhaścetanaṃ tyaktvā brahmāhamiti paśyati |
ayaṃ deho'yamādhāra iti baghnāti bhāvanām || 12 ||

The living soul of Brahma, being born of the mundane egg in a corporeal body; forgot or rather forsook to think of its incorporeal intellectuality, and thought himself as composed of his present material body only. He looked into it and thought, that this was his body and the recipient of his soul:
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 (7.189.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Cinna, Bha, Cetana, Brahma, Brahman, Aha, Asmad, Iti, Pashyat, Aya, Idam, Deha, Adhara, Ghna, Han, Ati, Bhavana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.189.12). 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: “cinnabhaścetanaṃ tyaktvā brahmāhamiti paśyati ”
cinna -
cinna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhaś -
bha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

bhā (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
cetanam -
cetana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

cetana (noun, neuter)

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

cetanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tyaktvā -
√tyaj -> tyaktvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tyaj]
brahmā -
brahma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahman (noun, neuter)

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

brahmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√brahm (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
paśyati -
paśyat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

paśyat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
Line 2: “ayaṃ deho'yamādhāra iti baghnāti bhāvanām ”
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
deho' -
deha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ādhāra* -
ādhāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
ghnā -
ghna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ghna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ghnā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

han (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
ati -
ati (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

ati (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
bhāvanām -
bhāvanā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]