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 7.207.17

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ब्रह्मणो ब्रह्मरूपस्य संकल्पनगरं ततम् ।
इदं तावज्जगद्भानं तव स्वप्नपुरं यथा ॥ १७ ॥

brahmaṇo brahmarūpasya saṃkalpanagaraṃ tatam |
idaṃ tāvajjagadbhānaṃ tava svapnapuraṃ yathā || 17 ||

This world is an imaginary city of the divine mind, in its form of Brahma—the creator; and it is hence that the phenomenon of the world, appears to our minds as a phantom in our dream.
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 (7.207.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahman, Brahmana, Brahmarupa, Sankalpana, Gara, Tata, Idam, Yushmad, Svapna, Pur, Pura, Yatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.207.17). 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: “brahmaṇo brahmarūpasya saṃkalpanagaraṃ tatam ”
brahmaṇo* -
brahman (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

brahmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
brahmarūpasya -
brahmarūpa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
saṅkalpana -
saṅkalpana (noun, neuter)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]

gara (noun, neuter)

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

garā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tatam -
tata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tata (noun, neuter)

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

tatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √tan class 8 verb]

√tan -> tata (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb], [accusative single from √tan class 8 verb]
Line 2: “idaṃ tāvajjagadbhānaṃ tava svapnapuraṃ yathā ”
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
Cannot analyse tāvajjagadbhānam*ta
tava -
yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive single]
svapna -
svapna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

svapna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
puram -
pura (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pura (noun, neuter)

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

purā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

pur (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]