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 3.60.39

परमार्थमहास्तम्भः सृष्टिं चेतति सादृशम् ।
यादृशो मे नरः पार्श्वे स्वप्ने क्षुब्धो महाभटैः ॥ ३९ ॥

paramārthamahāstambhaḥ sṛṣṭiṃ cetati sādṛśam |
yādṛśo me naraḥ pārśve svapne kṣubdho mahābhaṭaiḥ || 39 ||

The great monument of the Divine Spirit, has the figure of the created world, carved in itself in the same manner, as I see a troop of soldiers passing before me in my dream.

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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 (3.60.39). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Paramartha, Ahar, Bha, Srishti, Sadrisha, Yadrish, Yadrisha, Asmad, Nara, Nri, Parshva, Parshvi, Svapna, Kshubdha, Mahabhata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.60.39). 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: “paramārthamahāstambhaḥ sṛṣṭiṃ cetati sādṛśam
  • paramārtham -
  • paramārtha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • ahās -
  • ahar (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second single], [aorist active second single]
    (verb class 3)
    [aorist active second single]
  • tam -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • bhaḥ -
  • bha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    bhā (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • sṛṣṭim -
  • sṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    sṛṣṭi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • cetati -
  • cit (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • sādṛśam -
  • sādṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sādṛśa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sādṛśā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “yādṛśo me naraḥ pārśve svapne kṣubdho mahābhaṭaiḥ
  • yādṛśo* -
  • yādṛś (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    yādṛś (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    yādṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • me -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • naraḥ -
  • nara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • pārśve -
  • pārśva (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    pārśva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    pārśvi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    pārśvi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    pārśvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • svapne -
  • svapna (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    svapna (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    svapnā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • kṣubdho* -
  • kṣubdha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kṣubh -> kṣubdha (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √kṣubh class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṣubh class 4 verb], [nominative single from √kṣubh class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṣubh class 9 verb]
  • mahābhaṭaiḥ -
  • mahābhaṭa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.60.39

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 3.60.39 in Gujarati sript:
પરમાર્થમહાસ્તમ્ભઃ સૃષ્ટિં ચેતતિ સાદૃશમ્ ।
યાદૃશો મે નરઃ પાર્શ્વે સ્વપ્ને ક્ષુબ્ધો મહાભટૈઃ ॥ ૩૯ ॥

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 3.60.39 in Telugu sript:
పరమార్థమహాస్తమ్భః సృష్టిం చేతతి సాదృశమ్ ।
యాదృశో మే నరః పార్శ్వే స్వప్నే క్షుబ్ధో మహాభటైః ॥ ౩౯ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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