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 1.31.1

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श्रीराम उवाच ।
प्रोच्चवृक्षचलत्पत्रलम्बाम्बुलवभङ्गुरे ।
आयुषीशानशीतांशुकलामृदुनि देहके ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca |
proccavṛkṣacalatpatralambāmbulavabhaṅgure |
āyuṣīśānaśītāṃśukalāmṛduni dehake || 1 ||

Rama said:—I have no reliance on the durability of life, which is as transient as a drop of water that sticks to the point of a shaking leaf on a lofty tree; and as short as the cusp of the moon on Siva's forehead.
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 (1.31.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shrirama, Ayus, Ishana, Shitamshu, Kala, Deha, Kah, Kim,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.31.1). 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: “śrīrāma uvāca ”
śrīrāma* -
śrīrāma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “proccavṛkṣacalatpatralambāmbulavabhaṅgure ”
Cannot analyse proccavṛkṣacalatpatralambāmbulavabhaṅgure
Line 3: “āyuṣīśānaśītāṃśukalāmṛduni dehake ”
āyuṣī -
āyus (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

āyus (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
īśāna -
īśāna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

īśāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√īś -> īśāna (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √īś class 2 verb]

√īś -> īśāna (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √īś class 2 verb]
śītāṃśu -
śītāṃśu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

śītāṃśu (noun, neuter)

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

śītāṃśu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
kalām -
kalā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ṛ -
ṛ (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
du -
dū (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
ni -
ni (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ni (noun, neuter)

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

ni (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

nī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

nī (noun, neuter)

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

nī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

ni (Preverb)

[Preverb]
deha -
deha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

deha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√dah (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
ke -
ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

ka (noun, neuter)

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

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]