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 7.191.2

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भ्रान्तिरेवेयमाभाति जगदाभासरूपिणी ।
भ्रान्तिरेवापि वा नैव ब्रह्मसत्तैव केवला ॥ २ ॥

bhrāntireveyamābhāti jagadābhāsarūpiṇī |
bhrāntirevāpi vā naiva brahmasattaiva kevalā || 2 ||

This existence that shows itself as the world to sight, appears as a delusion or deception of vision in view; though it cannot properly be called an illusion, if it is composed of divine essence as you mean to say.
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 (7.191.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhranti, Eva, Iyam, Idam, Jagada, Abhasa, Rupin, Rupini, Api, Var, Naiva, Brahma, Brahman, Satta, Sattri, Kevala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.191.2). 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: “bhrāntireveyamābhāti jagadābhāsarūpiṇī ”
bhrāntir -
bhrānti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
eve -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

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

evā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iyam -
iyam (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

ī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

idam (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ābhāti -
ābhāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
jagadā -
jagada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√gad (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural]
ābhāsa -
ābhāsa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ābhāsa (noun, neuter)

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

[compound]

rūpiṇī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

rūpin (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “bhrāntirevāpi vā naiva brahmasattaiva kevalā ”
bhrāntir -
bhrānti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
evā -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

evā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
vā* -
vār (noun, masculine)

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

vār (noun, neuter)

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

va (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
naiva -
naiva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
brahma -
brahma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahman (noun, neuter)

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

√brahm (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
sattai -
satta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

satta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sattā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

sattṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√sad (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√sad (verb class 6)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
kevalā -
kevalā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]