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 6.81.78

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संवित्प्रकाशं विद्यादि सूर्यमग्निं विदुर्बुधाः ।
असज्जाड्यं तमो विद्याद्याहुः सोमं मनीषिणः ॥ ७८ ॥

saṃvitprakāśaṃ vidyādi sūryamagniṃ vidurbudhāḥ |
asajjāḍyaṃ tamo vidyādyāhuḥ somaṃ manīṣiṇaḥ || 78 ||

The learned call the light of intelligence, by the terms knowledge, sun and fire, and designate the unrealities of ignorance, by the names of dullness and darkness, ignorance and the coldness of the moon.
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 (6.81.78). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Samvitprakasha, Vidya, Surya, Agni, Vidu, Vidus, Budha, Sajja, Adi, Tama, Tamas, Ahu, Soma, Manishin, Manishi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.81.78). 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: “saṃvitprakāśaṃ vidyādi sūryamagniṃ vidurbudhāḥ ”
saṃvitprakāśam -
saṃvitprakāśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
vidyā -
vidya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vid -> vidya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √vid]

√vid -> vidya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √vid]

√vid -> vidya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √vid]

vidyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
adi -
ad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ad (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
sūryam -
sūrya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sūrya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

sūryā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√sūr -> sūrya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √sūr class 4 verb], [accusative single from √sūr class 10 verb]

√sūr -> sūrya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √sūr class 4 verb], [accusative single from √sūr class 4 verb], [nominative single from √sūr class 10 verb], [accusative single from √sūr class 10 verb]
agnim -
agni (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
vidur -
vidus (noun, masculine)

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

vidus (noun, neuter)

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

vidu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

vidu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vid (verb class 2)

[perfect active third plural]
budhāḥ -
budha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

budhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “asajjāḍyaṃ tamo vidyādyāhuḥ somaṃ manīṣiṇaḥ ”
a -
a (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
sajjā -
sajja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sajja (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sajjā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√sajj (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
āḍya -
āḍi (noun, feminine)

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

āḍī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
am -
a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
tamo* -
tamas (noun, neuter)

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

tama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vidyād -
vidya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√vid (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
yā -
yā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ahuḥ -
ahu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ahu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√hā (verb class 1)

[aorist active third plural]

√hā (verb class 3)

[aorist active third plural]
somam -
soma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

soma (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

somā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

soman (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
manīṣiṇaḥ -
manīṣin (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

manīṣin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

manīṣī (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]