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 6.39.20

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सहस्तपादावयवः सकेशनखदन्तकः ।
स्वदेहसंविदाभासो देवोऽयमिति भावयेत् ॥ २० ॥

sahastapādāvayavaḥ sakeśanakhadantakaḥ |
svadehasaṃvidābhāso devo'yamiti bhāvayet || 20 ||

Then this God (the intelligent individual soul) thinks himself as an embodied being, endued with hands and legs, and the other parts and members of the body, with its hairs, nails, and teeth.
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 (6.39.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sahasta, Pada, Padu, Ayava, Sakeshanakha, Dantaka, Svadeha, Samvid, Samvida, Deva, Devri, Aya, Idam, Iti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.39.20). 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: “sahastapādāvayavaḥ sakeśanakhadantakaḥ ”
sahasta -
sahasta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sahasta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pādāva -
pāda (noun, masculine)

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

pādu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
ayavaḥ -
ayavas (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

ayava (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sakeśanakha -
sakeśanakha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sakeśanakha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dantakaḥ -
dantaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “svadehasaṃvidābhāso devo'yamiti bhāvayet ”
svadeha -
svadeha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

svadeha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
saṃvidā -
saṃvida (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

saṃvida (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

saṃvid (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

saṃvidā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
abhāso* -
√bhās (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]
devo' -
deva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

devṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
bhāvayet -
√bhū (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]