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 3.28.13

येन बुद्धं तु तस्यैतदाकाशादप शून्यकम् ।
न बुद्धं येन तस्यैतद्वज्रसाराचलोपमम् ॥ १३ ॥

yena buddhaṃ tu tasyaitadākāśādapa śūnyakam |
na buddhaṃ yena tasyaitadvajrasārācalopamam || 13 ||

He who understands rightly, views the world to be as unsubstantial as air; but whoso is misled by his wrong judgement takes it to be as a solid mountain.

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.28.13). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yena, Yah, Yat, Buddha, Tad, Etad, Etada, Akasha, Apa, Shunyaka, Tat, Vajrasara, Acala, Upama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.28.13). 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: “yena buddhaṃ tu tasyaitadākāśādapa śūnyakam
  • yena -
  • yena (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • buddham -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    buddha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    buddhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • tasyai -
  • tas -> tasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √tas]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    tas (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single], [imperative middle first single], [imperative passive first single]
  • etadā -
  • etad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    etadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ākāśād -
  • ākāśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    ākāśa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • apa -
  • apa (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • śūnyakam -
  • śūnyaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śūnyaka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śūnyakā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “na buddhaṃ yena tasyaitadvajrasārācalopamam
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • buddham -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    buddha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    buddhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • yena -
  • yena (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • tasyai -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    tas (verb class 4)
    [imperative middle first single], [imperative passive first single]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vajrasārā -
  • vajrasāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vajrasāra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vajrasārā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • acalo -
  • acala (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    acala (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    acalā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • upamam -
  • upama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    upama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    upamā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.28.13

Cover of edition (1891)

Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)

[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.

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Preview of verse 3.28.13 in Gujarati sript:
યેન બુદ્ધં તુ તસ્યૈતદાકાશાદપ શૂન્યકમ્ ।
ન બુદ્ધં યેન તસ્યૈતદ્વજ્રસારાચલોપમમ્ ॥ ૧૩ ॥

Cover of edition (2019)

Vasishtha Rama Samvadam (Telugu)
by Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad (2019)

Set of 4 Volumes; 9789383972142.

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Preview of verse 3.28.13 in Telugu sript:
యేన బుద్ధం తు తస్యైతదాకాశాదప శూన్యకమ్ ।
న బుద్ధం యేన తస్యైతద్వజ్రసారాచలోపమమ్ ॥ ౧౩ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

The Yogavasistha (Hindi translation)
by Khemraj Shrikrishnadass (2009)

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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