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 2.18.41

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परिज्ञानेन सर्पत्वं चित्रसर्पस्य नश्यति ।
यथा तथैव संसारः स्थित एवोपशाम्यति ॥ ४१ ॥

parijñānena sarpatvaṃ citrasarpasya naśyati |
yathā tathaiva saṃsāraḥ sthita evopaśāmyati || 41 ||

And as it is our knowledge of the painted serpent that removes our fear of it as a serpent, so our conviction of the unreality of the world, must disperse our mistake of its existence.
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 (2.18.41). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Parijnana, Sarpatva, Citrasarpa, Nashyat, Yatha, Tatha, Samsara, Sthita, Pash, Yat, Yati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.18.41). 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: “parijñānena sarpatvaṃ citrasarpasya naśyati ”
parijñānena -
parijñāna (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
sarpatvam -
sarpatva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
citrasarpasya -
citrasarpa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
naśyati -
naśyat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

naśyat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√naś -> naśyat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √naś class 4 verb]

√naś -> naśyat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √naś class 4 verb]

√naś (verb class 4)

[present active third single]
Line 2: “yathā tathaiva saṃsāraḥ sthita evopaśāmyati ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
saṃsāraḥ -
saṃsāra (noun, masculine)

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

[nominative single]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
evo -
paśām -
paś (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [adverb]

yatin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

yati (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

yatī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

yat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> yatī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]