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 4.18.18

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स्वभावशीतलं ब्रह्म कदलीदलमण्डपः ।
कदल्यामन्यता नास्ति यथा पत्रशतेष्वपि ॥ १८ ॥

svabhāvaśītalaṃ brahma kadalīdalamaṇḍapaḥ |
kadalyāmanyatā nāsti yathā patraśateṣvapi || 18 ||

There is no difference or diversity in the nature of Brahma the creator, in his repeated and manifold creations of worlds; for he being the seed of the world, shoots forth by his moisture into the form of the expanded tree of the world, and becomes the same seed again.
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 (4.18.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svabhava, Shitala, Brahma, Brahman, Kadali, Kadalin, Dala, Anda, Anyata, Nasti, Yatha, Patra, Shata, Api,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.18.18). 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: “svabhāvaśītalaṃ brahma kadalīdalamaṇḍapaḥ ”
svabhāva -
svabhāva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
śītalam -
śītala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śītala (noun, neuter)

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

śītalā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
brahma -
brahma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahman (noun, neuter)

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

√brahm (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
kadalī -
kadalī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

kadalin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kadali (noun, masculine)

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

kadali (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
dalam -
dala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dala (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
aṇḍa -
aṇḍa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
paḥ -
pa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “kadalyāmanyatā nāsti yathā patraśateṣvapi ”
kadalyām -
kadalī (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
anyatā* -
anyatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
nāsti -
nāsti (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
patra -
patra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

patra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śateṣva -
śata (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]