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 3.57.16

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वास्तवेन तु रूपेण भूम्याद्यात्माधिभौतिकः ।
न शब्देन न चार्थेन सत्यात्मा शशश्रृङ्गवत् ॥ १६ ॥

vāstavena tu rūpeṇa bhūmyādyātmādhibhautikaḥ |
na śabdena na cārthena satyātmā śaśaśrṛṅgavat || 16 ||

The belief in the materiality of any body, as composed of the earth and other elements, is as false as it is to believe the hares to have horns on their heads.
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 (3.57.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vastava, Rupa, Bhumya, Yat, Asmad, Adhibhautika, Shabda, Artha, Satyatman,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.57.16). 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: “vāstavena tu rūpeṇa bhūmyādyātmādhibhautikaḥ ”
vāstavena -
vāstava (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vāstava (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
rūpeṇa -
rūpa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

rūpa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
bhūmyād -
bhūmya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

bhūmya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
yāt -
yāt (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yāt (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
mā -
mā (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

ma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

mā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative single]
adhibhautikaḥ -
adhibhautika (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “na śabdena na cārthena satyātmā śaśaśrṛṅgavat ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śabdena -
śabda (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cā -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
arthena -
artha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
satyātmā -
satyātman (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Cannot analyse śaśaśrṛṅgavat