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 1.23.10

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कालः कवलनैकान्तमतिरत्ति गिरन्नपि ।
अनन्तैरपि लोकौघैर्नायं तृप्तो महाशनः ॥ १० ॥

kālaḥ kavalanaikāntamatiratti girannapi |
anantairapi lokaughairnāyaṃ tṛpto mahāśanaḥ || 10 ||

Time is ever greedy although he should devour the mountains. This great gourmand is not satiated with gorging every thing in all the worlds.
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 (1.23.10). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kala, Kavalana, Ekantamati, Ananta, Api, Loka, Augha, Naya, Tripta, Mahashana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.23.10). 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: “kālaḥ kavalanaikāntamatiratti girannapi ”
kālaḥ -
kāla (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kavalanai -
kavalana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kavalana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kavalanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ekāntamatir -
ekāntamati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ekāntamati (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [adverb]

atti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

√ad (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
Cannot analyse girannapi
Line 2: “anantairapi lokaughairnāyaṃ tṛpto mahāśanaḥ ”
anantair -
ananta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

ananta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
lokau -
loka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
aughair -
augha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
nāyam -
nāya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
tṛpto* -
tṛpta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tṛp -> tṛpta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tṛp class 1 verb], [nominative single from √tṛp class 4 verb], [nominative single from √tṛp class 5 verb], [nominative single from √tṛp class 6 verb]
mahāśanaḥ -
mahāśana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]