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 6.119.1

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मनुरुवाच ।
सर्गात्मभिर्विभुः स्पन्दैः क्रीडते बालवत्स्वयम् ।
संहारात्मकशक्त्याथ संहृत्यात्मनि तिष्ठति ॥ १ ॥

manuruvāca |
sargātmabhirvibhuḥ spandaiḥ krīḍate bālavatsvayam |
saṃhārātmakaśaktyātha saṃhṛtyātmani tiṣṭhati || 1 ||

Manu resumed:—The Lord with his creative power exerts his active energy, and plays the part of a restless boy (in his formation of the worlds); and again by his power of re-absorption he engulphs all into himself, and remains in his lonesome solity.
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 (6.119.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Manu, Manus, Sarga, Atman, Vibhu, Spanda, Kridat, Kridata, Bala, Aya, Idam, Samhara, Maka, Shakti, Atha, Samhriti, Tishthat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.119.1). 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: “manuruvāca ”
manur -
manus (noun, masculine)

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

manu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

manu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “sargātmabhirvibhuḥ spandaiḥ krīḍate bālavatsvayam ”
sargā -
sarga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ātmabhir -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
vibhuḥ -
vibhu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

vibhu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
spandaiḥ -
spanda (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
krīḍate -
krīḍat (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

krīḍat (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

krīḍatā (noun, feminine)

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

√krīḍ -> krīḍat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √krīḍ class 1 verb]

√krīḍ -> krīḍat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √krīḍ class 1 verb]
bāla -
bāla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bāla (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
va -
u (noun, masculine)

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

ū (noun, masculine)

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

ū (noun, neuter)

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

ū (noun, feminine)

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

o (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

au (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

au (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

va (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

va (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
atsva -
ad (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

ad (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 3: “saṃhārātmakaśaktyātha saṃhṛtyātmani tiṣṭhati ”
saṃhārāt -
saṃhāra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
maka -
maka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

maka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śaktyā -
śakti (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

śaktī (noun, masculine)

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

śaktī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
saṃhṛtyā -
saṃhṛti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
ātmani -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
tiṣṭhati -
√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā (verb class 1)

[present active third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.119.1

Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)

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Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)

[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.

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Preview of verse 6.119.1 in Gujarati sript:
મનુરુવાચ ।
સર્ગાત્મભિર્વિભુઃ સ્પન્દૈઃ ક્રીડતે બાલવત્સ્વયમ્ ।
સંહારાત્મકશક્ત્યાથ સંહૃત્યાત્મનિ તિષ્ઠતિ ॥ ૧ ॥