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 7.190.18

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श्रीराम उवाच ।
जगत्सूक्ष्मेण रूपेण महाप्रलय आगते ।
आस्ते ब्रह्मणि तत्तस्मात्पुनरेव प्रवर्तते ॥ १८ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca |
jagatsūkṣmeṇa rūpeṇa mahāpralaya āgate |
āste brahmaṇi tattasmātpunareva pravartate || 18 ||

Rama replied:—Why sir, the world existed in its subtile (or ideal) state, in the person (mind) of Brahma (God); from which it issued forth anew and again, after dissolution of the former creation.
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 (7.190.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shrirama, Jagat, Sukshma, Rupa, Mahapralaya, Agata, Agati, Brahman, Tat, Tad, Tasmat, Punar, Eva, Pravarta, Yushmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.190.18). 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: “śrīrāma uvāca ”
śrīrāma* -
śrīrāma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “jagatsūkṣmeṇa rūpeṇa mahāpralaya āgate ”
jagat -
jagat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

jagat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
sūkṣmeṇa -
sūkṣma (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

sūkṣma (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
rūpeṇa -
rūpa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

rūpa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
mahāpralaya* -
mahāpralaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
āgate -
āgata (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

āgata (noun, neuter)

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

āgatā (noun, feminine)

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

āgati (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
Line 3: “āste brahmaṇi tattasmātpunareva pravartate ”
āste -
√ās (verb class 2)

[present middle third single]
brahmaṇi -
brahman (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tasmāt -
tasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]
punar -
punar (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

punar (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pravarta -
pravarta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
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]