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 1.27.38

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अवान्तरन्यस्तनिरर्थकांशच्छायालतापत्रफलप्रसूनाः ।
शरीर एव क्षतसंपदश्च श्वभ्रद्रुमा अद्यतना नराश्च ॥ ३८ ॥

avāntaranyastanirarthakāṃśacchāyālatāpatraphalaprasūnāḥ |
śarīra eva kṣatasaṃpadaśca śvabhradrumā adyatanā narāśca || 38 ||

Young men spending their wealth in personal gratifications, are as useless as plants growing in the bowels of a deep and inaccessible cavern, which spread their fruits and flowers, leaves and branches and their shades to the use of nobody.
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 (1.27.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Avantara, Nyasta, Nirarthaka, Amsha, Ccha, Alata, Patra, Phala, Prasuna, Sharira, Eva, Kshata, Sampad, Sampada, Shvabhra, Druma, Adyatana, Nara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.27.38). 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: “avāntaranyastanirarthakāṃśacchāyālatāpatraphalaprasūnāḥ ”
avāntara -
avāntara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

avāntara (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

nyasta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nirarthakā -
nirarthaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nirarthaka (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
cchāyā -
ccha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

ccha (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
alatā -
alatā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

patra (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

phala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√phal (verb class 1)

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

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

prasūnā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “śarīra eva kṣatasaṃpadaśca śvabhradrumā adyatanā narāśca ”
śarīra -
śarīra (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

kṣata (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kṣan -> kṣata (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √kṣan class 8 verb]

√kṣan -> kṣata (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √kṣan class 8 verb]
sampadaś -
sampad (noun, feminine)

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

sampada (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

śvabhra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
drumā* -
druma (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

drumā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
adyatanā* -
adyatana (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
narāś -
nara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

narā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]