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 4.15.40

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सूर्यस्य प्रतिबिम्बानि क्षुभ्यन्ति न पुनः स्थिरम् ।
चलाचलतया तज्ज्ञो लोकवृत्तिषु तिष्ठति ॥ ४० ॥

sūryasya pratibimbāni kṣubhyanti na punaḥ sthiram |
calācalatayā tajjño lokavṛttiṣu tiṣṭhati || 40 ||

The shadow of the sun, is seen to shake in the water, but not so the fixed sun himself; so the wise are moved in worldly matters, though they are firm in their faith in God.
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 (4.15.40). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Surya, Pratibimba, Kshubhyat, Kshubhyanti, Puna, Sthira, Calacala, Tajjna, Loka, Vritti, Tishthat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.15.40). 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: “sūryasya pratibimbāni kṣubhyanti na punaḥ sthiram ”
sūryasya -
sūrya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

sūrya (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√sūr -> sūrya (participle, masculine)

[genitive single from √sūr class 4 verb], [genitive single from √sūr class 10 verb]

√sūr -> sūrya (participle, neuter)

[genitive single from √sūr class 4 verb], [genitive single from √sūr class 10 verb]
pratibimbāni -
pratibimba (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kṣubhyanti -
√kṣubh -> kṣubhyat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √kṣubh class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √kṣubh class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √kṣubh class 4 verb]

√kṣubh -> kṣubhyantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √kṣubh class 4 verb]

√kṣubh (verb class 4)

[present active third plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
punaḥ -
pu (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

puna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pū (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
sthiram -
sthira (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sthira (noun, neuter)

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

sthirā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “calācalatayā tajjño lokavṛttiṣu tiṣṭhati ”
calācala -
calācala (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

calācala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tayā -
tā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
tajjño* -
tajjña (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
loka -
loka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vṛttiṣu -
vṛtti (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]
tiṣṭhati -
√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā (verb class 1)

[present active third single]