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 3.81.67

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दृश्यस्य द्रष्ट्टृनिर्माणे जडत्वान्नास्ति शक्तता ।
कटकस्य तु हैमस्य यथा कनकनिर्मितौ ॥ ६७ ॥

dṛśyasya draṣṭṭṛnirmāṇe jaḍatvānnāsti śaktatā |
kaṭakasya tu haimasya yathā kanakanirmitau || 67 ||

The inanimate view never has nor can have the ability of producing its viewer; as the golden bracelet has no power of bringing the gold into being.
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 (3.81.67). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Drishya, Jadatva, Nasti, Shakta, Tan, Kataka, Haima, Yatha, Kanaka, Nirmita, Nirmiti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.81.67). 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: “dṛśyasya draṣṭṭṛnirmāṇe jaḍatvānnāsti śaktatā ”
dṛśyasya -
dṛśya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

dṛśya (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, masculine)

[genitive single from √dṛś class 1 verb]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, neuter)

[genitive single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
Cannot analyse draṣṭṭṛnirmāṇe*ja
jaḍatvān -
jaḍatva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
nāsti -
nāsti (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
śakta -
śakta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śakta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√śac -> śakta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √śac class 1 verb]

√śac -> śakta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √śac class 1 verb]

√śak -> śakta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √śak class 5 verb]

√śak -> śakta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √śak class 5 verb]
tā -
tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

tan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “kaṭakasya tu haimasya yathā kanakanirmitau ”
kaṭakasya -
kaṭaka (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

kaṭaka (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
haimasya -
haima (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

haima (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kanaka -
kanaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kanaka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nirmitau -
nirmita (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

nirmiti (noun, feminine)

[locative single]