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 1.17.35

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विचित्रवर्णा विगुणा दीर्घा मलिनसंस्थितिः ।
शून्या शून्यपदा तृष्णा शक्रकार्मुकधर्मिणी ॥ ३५ ॥

vicitravarṇā viguṇā dīrghā malinasaṃsthitiḥ |
śūnyā śūnyapadā tṛṣṇā śakrakārmukadharmiṇī || 35 ||

Covetousness stretches itself long and wide and presents to us a variety of hues as the rainbow. It is equally unsubstantial and without any property as the iris, resting in vapour and vacuum and being but a shadow itself.
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 (1.17.35). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vicitra, Varna, Viguna, Dirgha, Malina, Samsthiti, Shunya, Pad, Trishna, Shakrakarmuka, Dharmini, Dharmin, Dharmi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.17.35). 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: “vicitravarṇā viguṇā dīrghā malinasaṃsthitiḥ ”
vicitra -
vicitra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vicitra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
varṇā* -
varṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

varṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
viguṇā* -
viguṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

viguṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
dīrghā* -
dīrgha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

dīrghā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

malina (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
saṃsthitiḥ -
saṃsthiti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “śūnyā śūnyapadā tṛṣṇā śakrakārmukadharmiṇī ”
śūnyā -
śūnyā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

śūnya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
padā -
pad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
tṛṣṇā -
tṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
śakrakārmuka -
śakrakārmuka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dharmiṇī -
dharmiṇī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

dharmin (noun, neuter)

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

dharmī (noun, neuter)

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