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 1.17.48

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नासिधारा न वज्रार्चिर्न तप्तायःकणार्चिषः ।
तथा तीक्ष्णा यथा ब्रह्मंस्तृष्णेयं हृदि संस्थिता ॥ ४८ ॥

nāsidhārā na vajrārcirna taptāyaḥkaṇārciṣaḥ |
tathā tīkṣṇā yathā brahmaṃstṛṣṇeyaṃ hṛdi saṃsthitā || 48 ||

As neither the edge of the sword, nor the fire of lightning, nor the sparks of the red-hot iron, are sharp enough to sever the keen avarice seated in our hearts.
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 (1.17.48). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nasi, Dhara, Vajra, Arci, Arcis, Taptri, Tapta, Aya, Ayas, Kana, Tatha, Tikshna, Yatha, Hrid, Samsthita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.17.48). 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: “nāsidhārā na vajrārcirna taptāyaḥkaṇārciṣaḥ ”
nāsi -
nāsi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

nāsi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

nāsi (noun, neuter)

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

nāsī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

nāsī (noun, feminine)

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

nāsī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
dhārā* -
dhāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

dhārā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vajrā -
vajra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vajra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vajrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
arcir -
arcis (noun, feminine)

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

arcis (noun, neuter)

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

arci (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
taptā -
tapta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tapta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

taptṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

taptā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√tap -> tapta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √tap class 1 verb], [vocative single from √tap class 4 verb]

√tap -> tapta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √tap class 1 verb], [vocative single from √tap class 4 verb]

√tap -> taptā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √tap class 1 verb], [nominative single from √tap class 4 verb]

√tap (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√tap (verb class 4)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
ayaḥ -
ayas (noun, neuter)

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

aya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

i (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

e (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

kaṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kaṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√kaṇ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
arciṣaḥ -
arcis (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

arcis (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “tathā tīkṣṇā yathā brahmaṃstṛṣṇeyaṃ hṛdi saṃsthitā ”
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tīkṣṇā* -
tīkṣṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tīkṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Cannot analyse brahmaṃstṛṣṇeyam*hṛ
hṛdi -
hṛd (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
saṃsthitā -
saṃsthitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]