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 6.33.20

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महाविद्योपनयना चिद्भवत्यभिधा सती ।
सा जीवत्वेन बाह्यत्वं तदा द्वीन्द्विव पश्यति ॥ २० ॥

mahāvidyopanayanā cidbhavatyabhidhā satī |
sā jīvatvena bāhyatvaṃ tadā dvīndviva paśyati || 20 ||

The divine intellect [Sanskrit: chit] being omniscient [Sanskrit: mahavidya] has the great nescience or ignorance [Sanskrit: maha avidya] underlying it (as the lighted lamp is accompanied by the shadow under it); and then looking at this side of itself it takes the name of the living soul, and beholds this shadowy world stretched outside the divine mind, as we see another moon in the reflection of that luminary, cast upon a nebular circle beyond it.
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 (6.33.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mahavidya, Cit, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Abhidha, Sat, Sati, Jivatva, Bahyatva, Tada, Iva, Pashyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.33.20). 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: “mahāvidyopanayanā cidbhavatyabhidhā satī ”
mahāvidyo -
mahāvidyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
upanayanā -
cid -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
bhavatya -
bhavatī (noun, feminine)

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

bhavat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhavat (noun, neuter)

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

bhavant (pronoun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhavant (pronoun, neuter)

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

bhavant (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
abhidhā -
abhidhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
satī -
satī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

sat (noun, neuter)

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

sati (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “sā jīvatvena bāhyatvaṃ tadā dvīndviva paśyati ”
sā* -
so (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]
jīvatvena -
jīvatva (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
bāhyatvam -
bāhyatva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tadā* -
tadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

tada (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
dvī -
dū (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
īn -
i (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
dvi -
dū (noun, feminine)

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

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
paśyati -
paśyat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

paśyat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]