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 1.17.17

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कुटिला कोमलस्पर्शा विषवैषम्यशंसिनी ।
दशत्यपि मनाक्स्पृष्टा तृष्णा कृष्णेव भोगिनी ॥ १७ ॥

kuṭilā komalasparśā viṣavaiṣamyaśaṃsinī |
daśatyapi manākspṛṣṭā tṛṣṇā kṛṣṇeva bhoginī || 17 ||

Our appetite is as heinous as a serpent, soft to feel, but full of deadly poison, and bites us as soon as it is felt.
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 (1.17.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kutila, Komala, Sparsha, Vishu, Aisha, Yasha, Sini, Dashat, Dashati, Api, Manak, Sprishta, Trishna, Krishna, Iva, Bhogin, Bhogini,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.17.17). 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: “kuṭilā komalasparśā viṣavaiṣamyaśaṃsinī ”
kuṭilā -
kuṭilā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

komala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sparśā* -
sparśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sparśā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
viṣavai -
viṣu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

viṣu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
aiṣam -
aiṣa (noun, neuter)

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

√eṣ (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first single]

√iṣ (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first single]
yaśaṃ -
yaśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

yaśa (noun, neuter)

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

yaśā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
sinī -
sinī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]
Line 2: “daśatyapi manākspṛṣṭā tṛṣṇā kṛṣṇeva bhoginī ”
daśatya -
daśati (noun, feminine)

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

daśat (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

daśat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

daśat (noun, neuter)

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

√daṃś (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
manāk -
manāk (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
spṛṣṭā -
spṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√spṛś -> spṛṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √spṛś class 6 verb]
tṛṣṇā -
tṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kṛṣṇe -
kṛṣṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

kṛṣṇa (noun, neuter)

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

kṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
bhoginī -
bhoginī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

bhogin (noun, neuter)

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