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 5.64.44

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एतावतैव देवेशः परमात्मावगम्यते ।
काष्ठलोष्टसमत्वेन देहो यदवलोक्यते ॥ ४४ ॥

etāvataiva deveśaḥ paramātmāvagamyate |
kāṣṭhaloṣṭasamatvena deho yadavalokyate || 44 ||

It is by this means, that the lord of gods, the supreme soul is beheld by us; and the corporeal body is regarded as a clod of earth, or a block of wood, and not better than these.
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 (5.64.44). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Etavat, Etavata, Devesha, Paramatma, Agamya, Tad, Yushmad, Kashtha, Loshta, Samatva, Deha, Yat, Yad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.64.44). 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: “etāvataiva deveśaḥ paramātmāvagamyate ”
etāvatai -
etāvat (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

etāvat (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

etāvatā (noun, feminine)

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

[imperfect active first dual]
deveśaḥ -
deveśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
paramātmāva -
paramātma (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

agamya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “kāṣṭhaloṣṭasamatvena deho yadavalokyate ”
kāṣṭha -
kāṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kāṣṭha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
loṣṭa -
loṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

loṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

loṣṭan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

√loṣṭ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
samatvena -
samatva (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
deho* -
deha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yad -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

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

yat (noun, neuter)

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

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
avalokyate -
√avalok (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√avalok (verb class 10)

[present passive third single]