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 3.16.10

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प्रहेलिकाभिराख्यानैस्तथा चाक्षरमुष्टिभिः ।
अष्टापदैर्बहुद्यूतैस्तथा गूढचतुर्थकैः ॥ १० ॥

prahelikābhirākhyānaistathā cākṣaramuṣṭibhiḥ |
aṣṭāpadairbahudyūtaistathā gūḍhacaturthakaiḥ || 10 ||

They amused each other with bon-mots and witticisms and solution of riddles; with story telling and playing the tricks of hold-fists mushti-bandha (purmuthi), and the various games of chess and dice.
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 (3.16.10). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prahelika, Akhyana, Tatha, Akshara, Mushti, Ashtapada, Bahu, Dyuta, Gudha, Caturthaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.16.10). 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: “prahelikābhirākhyānaistathā cākṣaramuṣṭibhiḥ ”
prahelikābhir -
prahelikā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental plural]
ākhyānais -
ākhyāna (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
cā -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

akṣara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
muṣṭibhiḥ -
muṣṭi (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

muṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[instrumental plural]

muṣṭi (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

muṣṭī (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “aṣṭāpadairbahudyūtaistathā gūḍhacaturthakaiḥ ”
aṣṭāpadair -
aṣṭāpada (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

aṣṭāpada (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
bahu -
bahu (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

bahu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

bahu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bahu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
dyūtais -
dyūta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
tathā* -
tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
gūḍha -
gūḍha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

gūḍha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√guh -> gūḍha (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √guh class 1 verb]

√guh -> gūḍha (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √guh class 1 verb]
caturthakaiḥ -
caturthaka (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

caturthaka (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]