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 5.43.5

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आत्मा नारायणश्चैव न भिन्नस्तिलतैलवत् ।
तथैव शौक्ल्यपटवत्कुसुमामोदवत्तथा ॥ ५ ॥

ātmā nārāyaṇaścaiva na bhinnastilatailavat |
tathaiva śauklyapaṭavatkusumāmodavattathā || 5 ||

The soul of man is the same as the spirit of Narayana, (which means abiding in man); and there is no difference between them, as there is none between the oil and the sesamum seed; and as the cloth and its whiteness, and the flower and its fragrance are not distinct things.
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 (5.43.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atma, Narayana, 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 5.43.5). 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: “ātmā nārāyaṇaścaiva na bhinnastilatailavat ”
ātmā* -
ātmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
nārāyaṇaś -
nārāyaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

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

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

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Cannot analyse bhinnastilatailavat
Line 2: “tathaiva śauklyapaṭavatkusumāmodavattathā ”
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]
Cannot analyse śauklyapaṭavatkusumāmodavattathā