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 7.43.59

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शुक्तिरूप्यभ्रमाकारो जनो मिथ्यैव ताम्यति ।
अभावभावस्तु परं बोधरूपमसंसृतिः ॥ ५९ ॥

śuktirūpyabhramākāro jano mithyaiva tāmyati |
abhāvabhāvastu paraṃ bodharūpamasaṃsṛtiḥ || 59 ||

Men in vain wish to take the shell for silver, and believe the negative world as a positive one, and is found to be nothing before the light of reason.
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 (7.43.59). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Rupin, Rupya, Abhrama, Akara, Jana, Janas, Mithya, Mithi, Tamyat, Abhava, Abhi, Param, Para, Bodharupa, Asamsriti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.43.59). 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: “śuktirūpyabhramākāro jano mithyaiva tāmyati ”
śukti -
śukti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

śukti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
rūpya -
rūpin (noun, masculine)

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

rūpin (noun, neuter)

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

rūpya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

rūpya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√rūp -> rūpya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √rūp]

√rūp -> rūpya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √rūp class 10 verb]

√rūp -> rūpya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √rūp class 10 verb]
abhramā -
abhrama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

abhrama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

abhramā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
akāro* -
akāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jano* -
janas (noun, neuter)

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

jana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mithyai -
mithyā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

mithi (noun, masculine)

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

√mith -> mithya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √mith]

mithya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

mithya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√mith (verb class 1)

[imperative passive first single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
tāmyati -
√tam -> tāmyat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √tam class 4 verb]

√tam -> tāmyat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √tam class 4 verb]

√tam (verb class 4)

[present active third single]
Line 2: “abhāvabhāvastu paraṃ bodharūpamasaṃsṛtiḥ ”
abhāva -
abhāva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

abhi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

abhi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

√bhā (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
abhāvas -
abhāva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
param -
param (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

para (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

para (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
bodharūpam -
bodharūpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bodharūpa (noun, neuter)

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

bodharūpā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
asaṃsṛtiḥ -
asaṃsṛti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]