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 1.23.36

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संचारयन्क्रियाङ्गुल्या कोणकेष्वर्कदीपिकाम् ।
जगत्सद्मनि कार्पण्यात्क्व किमस्तीति वीक्षते ॥ ३६ ॥

saṃcārayankriyāṅgulyā koṇakeṣvarkadīpikām |
jagatsadmani kārpaṇyātkva kimastīti vīkṣate || 36 ||

As a miserly man trims and lights a lamp with his own fingers, to look into his stores at each corner of the room; so does time light the lamps of the sun and moon to look into the living beings in every nook and corner of the world.
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 (1.23.36). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sancara, Yat, Kriya, Anguli, Konaka, Arka, Dipika, Jagat, Sadman, Karpanya, Kva, Kim, Asti, Iti, Viksha, Tad, Yushmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.23.36). 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: “saṃcārayankriyāṅgulyā koṇakeṣvarkadīpikām ”
sañcāra -
sañcāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sañcāra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yan -
yat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
kriyā -
kriya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kriyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√kṛ (verb class 6)

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

[instrumental single]

aṅgulī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
koṇakeṣva -
koṇaka (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

koṇaka (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
arka -
arka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

arka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dīpikām -
dīpikā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “jagatsadmani kārpaṇyātkva kimastīti vīkṣate ”
jagat -
jagat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

jagat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
sadmani -
sadman (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

sadman (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
kārpaṇyāt -
kārpaṇya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
kva -
kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
astī -
asti (noun, feminine)

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

astī (noun, masculine)

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

astī (noun, feminine)

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

astī (noun, neuter)

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

√as (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
vīkṣa -
vīkṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vīkṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
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]