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 1.18.35

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अक्षर्क्षक्षोभविषमा शून्या निःसारकोटरा ।
तमोगहनदिक्कुञ्जा नेष्टा देहाटवी मम ॥ ३५ ॥

akṣarkṣakṣobhaviṣamā śūnyā niḥsārakoṭarā |
tamogahanadikkuñjā neṣṭā dehāṭavī mama || 35 ||

I do not like this wilderness of the body, which is infested by the bears of the senses. It is empty and hollow within, with dark groves (of entrails) in the inside.
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 (1.18.35). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Aksha, Riksha, Kshobha, Vishama, Shunya, Nihsaraka, Uta, Tama, Tamas, Gahana, Dish, Kunja, Neshta, Deha, Atavi, Asmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.18.35). 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: “akṣarkṣakṣobhaviṣamā śūnyā niḥsārakoṭarā ”
akṣar -
akṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

akṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√akṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
ṛkṣa -
ṛkṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ṛkṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kṣobha -
kṣobha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kṣubh (verb class 1)

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

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

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śūnyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
niḥsārako -
niḥsāraka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
uṭa -
uṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
rā -
ṛ (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

rā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “tamogahanadikkuñjā neṣṭā dehāṭavī mama ”
tamo -
tamas (noun, neuter)

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

tama (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

gahana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dik -
diś (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
kuñjā* -
kuñja (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
neṣṭā* -
√neṣ -> neṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √neṣ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √neṣ class 1 verb]

√neṣ -> neṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √neṣ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √neṣ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √neṣ class 1 verb]
dehā -
deha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

deha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√dah (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
aṭavī -
aṭavī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

aṭavi (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
mama -
asmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive single]

√mā (verb class 2)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 3)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]