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 4.21.46

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वासनाभिरनन्ताभिर्व्योमेव घनराजिभिः ।
संदिग्धायां यथा रज्ज्वां सर्पतत्त्वं तथैव हि ॥ ४६ ॥

vāsanābhiranantābhirvyomeva ghanarājibhiḥ |
saṃdigdhāyāṃ yathā rajjvāṃ sarpatattvaṃ tathaiva hi || 46 ||

The mind that is subject to its endless desires, is like the clear firmament obscured by the clouds; and ranges in the maze of doubt between truth and untruth, as of supposing the rope for the serpent.
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 (4.21.46). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vasana, Ananta, Vyoman, Vyoma, Iva, Ghana, Raji, Rajin, Sandigdha, Yatha, Rajju, Sarpat, Tatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.21.46). 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: “vāsanābhiranantābhirvyomeva ghanarājibhiḥ ”
vāsanābhir -
vāsanā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental plural]
anantābhir -
anantā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental plural]
vyome -
vyoman (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

vyoman (noun, neuter)

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

vyoma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ghana -
ghana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ghana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rājibhiḥ -
rāji (noun, feminine)

[instrumental plural]

rāji (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

rājin (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “saṃdigdhāyāṃ yathā rajjvāṃ sarpatattvaṃ tathaiva hi ”
sandigdhāyām -
sandigdhā (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
rajjvām -
rajju (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
sarpat -
sarpat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

√sṛp -> sarpat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √sṛp class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sṛp class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sṛp class 1 verb]
attva -
√ad (verb class 2)

[imperative active third single]
am -
a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]