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 1.20.20

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सा कान्ता तौ स्तनौ पीनौ ते विलासास्तदाननम् ।
तारुण्य इति चिन्ताभिर्याति जर्जरतां जनः ॥ २० ॥

sā kāntā tau stanau pīnau te vilāsāstadānanam |
tāruṇya iti cintābhiryāti jarjaratāṃ janaḥ || 20 ||

O how (lamentably) is one's youth worn out with the thoughts of his mistress, her swollen breasts, her beautiful face and her sweet caresses.
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 (1.20.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kanta, Stana, Pina, Tad, Yushmad, Vilasa, Tada, Ana, Tarunya, Iti, Cinta, Yat, Yati, Jarjara, Jana, Janas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.20.20). 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: “sā kāntā tau stanau pīnau te vilāsāstadānanam ”
sā -
sā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kāntā -
kāntā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√kam -> kāntā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √kam class 1 verb]
tau -
ta (noun, masculine)

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

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
stanau -
stana (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
pīnau -
pīna (noun, masculine)

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

√pi -> pīna (participle, masculine)

[nominative dual from √pi class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √pi class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √pi class 6 verb]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
vilāsās -
vilāsa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
tadān -
tada (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
anam -
ana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
Line 2: “tāruṇya iti cintābhiryāti jarjaratāṃ janaḥ ”
tāruṇya -
tāruṇya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
cintābhir -
cintā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental plural]
yāti -
yāti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

yāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

yāti (noun, neuter)

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

yāt (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yāt (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√yā (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
jarjara -
jarjara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

jarjara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tām -
tā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
janaḥ -
janas (noun, neuter)

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

jana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]