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 3.81.69

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कटकत्वावभासे हि यथा हेम्नो न हेमता ।
सत्येव प्रकचत्येवं द्रष्ट्टदृश्यस्थितौ वपुः ॥ ६९ ॥

kaṭakatvāvabhāse hi yathā hemno na hematā |
satyeva prakacatyevaṃ draṣṭṭadṛśyasthitau vapuḥ || 69 ||

That the viewer (the divine intellect), being transformed to the view (of the visible world), is no more perceptible in it, than as the jewellery of gold and not gold itself.
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 (3.81.69). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kataka, Tva, Yatha, Heman, Hemna, Hema, Tan, Sat, Sati, Satya, Eva, Prakaca, Tyad, Sya, Vapu, Vapus,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.81.69). 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: “kaṭakatvāvabhāse hi yathā hemno na hematā ”
kaṭaka -
kaṭaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kaṭaka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tvāva -
tva (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
abhāse -
√bhās (verb class 1)

[imperfect middle first single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
hemno* -
heman (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

heman (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

hemna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hema -
hema (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

hema (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

heman (noun, masculine)

[compound]

heman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
tā -
tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

tan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “satyeva prakacatyevaṃ draṣṭṭadṛśyasthitau vapuḥ ”
satye -
satī (noun, feminine)

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

sati (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

sat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

sat (noun, neuter)

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

satya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

satya (noun, neuter)

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

satyā (noun, feminine)

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

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
prakaca -
prakaca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prakaca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tye -
tyad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

syā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
vam -
va (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

va (noun, neuter)

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

vā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

ve (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
Cannot analyse draṣṭṭadṛśyasthitau*va
vapuḥ -
vapus (noun, masculine)

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

vapus (noun, neuter)

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

vapu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

vapu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]