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 3.9.75

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द्रष्टुरदर्शनदृश्यानां मध्ये यद्दर्शनं स्थितम् ।
साध्यो तदवधानेन स्वात्मानमवबुध्यसे ॥ ७५ ॥

draṣṭuradarśanadṛśyānāṃ madhye yaddarśanaṃ sthitam |
sādhyo tadavadhānena svātmānamavabudhyase || 75 ||

You will be able to know your soul, O good Rama! if you will take it in the light of the sight or faculty of vision, that lies between the looker and the object looked upon.
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 (3.9.75). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Drashtri, Adarshana, Drishya, Madhye, Madhya, Yat, Yad, Darshana, Sthita, Tada, Vadha, Svatman, Ava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.9.75). 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: “draṣṭuradarśanadṛśyānāṃ madhye yaddarśanaṃ sthitam ”
draṣṭur -
draṣṭṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
adarśana -
adarśana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

adarśana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dṛśyānām -
dṛśya (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

dṛśya (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

dṛśyā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, masculine)

[genitive plural from √dṛś class 1 verb]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, neuter)

[genitive plural from √dṛś class 1 verb]

√dṛś -> dṛśyā (participle, feminine)

[genitive plural from √dṛś class 1 verb]
madhye -
madhye (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

madhya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

madhya (noun, neuter)

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

madhyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
yad -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

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

yat (noun, neuter)

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

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
darśanam -
darśana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

darśana (noun, neuter)

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

darśanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
sthitam -
sthita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sthita (noun, neuter)

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

sthitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
Line 2: “sādhyo tadavadhānena svātmānamavabudhyase ”
sādhyo -
tada -
tada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vadhān -
vadha (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
ena -
a (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
svātmānam -
svātman (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
ava -
ava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

o (noun, masculine)

[compound]

√av (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]

√u (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]

ava (Preverb)

[Preverb]
budhyase -
√budh (verb class 1)

[present passive second single]

√budh (verb class 4)

[present middle second single], [present passive second single]