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 4.3.21

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यथाणवो वहन्त्यर्कदीप्तिष्वप्सु रजःसु च ।
तथा वहन्ति चिद्व्योम्नि त्रैलोक्यपरमाणवः ॥ २१ ॥

yathāṇavo vahantyarkadīptiṣvapsu rajaḥsu ca |
tathā vahanti cidvyomni trailokyaparamāṇavaḥ || 21 ||

As the sun scatters the particles of his light, on the sparkling waters and sands of the sea; so does the Intellect of God, disperse the atoms of its light all over the vacuity of the universe.
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 (4.3.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yatha, Anu, Anava, Vahanti, Ric, Dipti, Apsu, Rajas, Tatha, Vahat, Cit, Vyoman, Trailokya, Paramanu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.3.21). 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: “yathāṇavo vahantyarkadīptiṣvapsu rajaḥsu ca ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
aṇavo* -
aṇu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

aṇava (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vahantyar -
vahantī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

√vah -> vahantī (participle, feminine)

[instrumental single from √vah class 1 verb]
ṛk -
ṛc (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
a -
a (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
dīptiṣva -
dīpti (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]

dīpti (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

dīptī (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
apsu -
apsu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

apsu (noun, neuter)

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

apsu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ap (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
rajaḥsu -
rajas (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

rajas (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “tathā vahanti cidvyomni trailokyaparamāṇavaḥ ”
tathā* -
tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
vahanti -
vahantī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

√vah -> vahat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √vah class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vah class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √vah class 1 verb]

√vah -> vahantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √vah class 1 verb]

√vah (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
cid -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vyomni -
vyoman (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vyoman (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
trailokya -
trailokya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

trailokya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
paramāṇavaḥ -
paramāṇu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]