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 7.35.18

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जगत्समुद्गकमपि नित्यं शून्यमरण्यवत् ।
अनन्तशैलकठिनमप्याकाशलवान्मृदु ॥ १८ ॥

jagatsamudgakamapi nityaṃ śūnyamaraṇyavat |
anantaśailakaṭhinamapyākāśalavānmṛdu || 18 ||

The world which is the great casket of its contents, is as void as a vast desert; and notwithstanding its containing the countless massy and stony mountains in it, it is as ductile as the plastic ether and as subtile as the rarefied air.
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 (7.35.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jagat, Samudgaka, Api, Nityam, Nitya, Shunya, Aranyavat, Ananta, Shaila, Kathina, Apya, Akasha, Lava, Mridu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.35.18). 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: “jagatsamudgakamapi nityaṃ śūnyamaraṇyavat ”
jagat -
jagat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

jagat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
samudgakam -
samudgaka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
nityam -
nityam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

nitya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nitya (noun, neuter)

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

nityā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
śūnyam -
śūnya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śūnya (noun, neuter)

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

śūnyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
araṇyavat -
araṇyavat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “anantaśailakaṭhinamapyākāśalavānmṛdu ”
ananta -
ananta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ananta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√ant (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
śaila -
śaila (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śaila (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kaṭhinam -
kaṭhina (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kaṭhina (noun, neuter)

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

kaṭhinā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
apyā -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

apya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ap (noun, neuter)

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

apyā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

ākāśa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
lavān -
lava (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative plural], [ablative single]

lava (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [adverb]

mṛdu (noun, neuter)

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

mṛdū (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]