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 2.8.23

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आलूनशीर्णमाभोगि जगदाजह्रुरोजसा ।
पौरुषेणैव यत्नेन दानवेभ्यः सुरेश्वराः ॥ २३ ॥

ālūnaśīrṇamābhogi jagadājahrurojasā |
pauruṣeṇaiva yatnena dānavebhyaḥ sureśvarāḥ || 23 ||

Look again how the chiefs of gods have wrested the extensive earth from those demons by their valourous deeds of slaying and harassing them.
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 (2.8.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Aluna, Shirna, Abhogin, Paurusha, Yatna, Danava, Sureshvara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.8.23). 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: “ālūnaśīrṇamābhogi jagadājahrurojasā ”
ālūna -
ālūna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ālūna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śīrṇam -
śīrṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śīrṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

śīrṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√śṝ -> śīrṇa (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √śṝ class 9 verb]

√śṝ -> śīrṇa (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √śṝ class 9 verb], [accusative single from √śṝ class 9 verb]
ābhogi -
ābhogi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ābhogin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ābhogin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Cannot analyse jagadājahrurojasā
Line 2: “pauruṣeṇaiva yatnena dānavebhyaḥ sureśvarāḥ ”
pauruṣeṇai -
pauruṣa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

pauruṣa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
yatnena -
yatna (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
dānavebhyaḥ -
dānava (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

dānava (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
sureśvarāḥ -
sureśvara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]