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 4.17.18

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प्रतिभासवशादस्ति नास्ति वस्त्ववलोकनात् ।
दीर्घस्वप्नो जगज्जालमालानं चित्तदन्तिनः ॥ १८ ॥

pratibhāsavaśādasti nāsti vastvavalokanāt |
dīrghasvapno jagajjālamālānaṃ cittadantinaḥ || 18 ||

It is in its ideality, that anything appears as existent, which in reality is inexistent, though it is apparent to sight. The existence of the world, is as that of a lengthened dream; and the visible world is a wide spread snare of the mind, like fetters at the feet of an elephant.
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 (4.17.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pratibhasa, Vasha, Asti, Nasti, Vastu, Avalokana, Dirgha, Citta, Dantin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.17.18). 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: “pratibhāsavaśādasti nāsti vastvavalokanāt ”
pratibhāsa -
pratibhāsa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vaśād -
vaśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

vaśa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
asti -
asti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

astī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

astī (noun, feminine)

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

astī (noun, neuter)

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

√as (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
nāsti -
nāsti (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vastva -
vastu (noun, feminine)

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

vastu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
avalokanāt -
avalokana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
Line 2: “dīrghasvapno jagajjālamālānaṃ cittadantinaḥ ”
dīrgha -
dīrgha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dīrgha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
svapno* -
Cannot analyse jagajjālamālānam*ci
citta -
citta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

citta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√cit (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
dantinaḥ -
dantin (noun, masculine)

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

dantin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]