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 3.29.47

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लीलोवाच ।
तद्देवि भास्करादीनां क्वाधस्तेजो गतं वद ।
शिलाजठरनिष्पन्दं मुष्टिग्राह्यं तमः कुतः ॥ ४७ ॥

līlovāca |
taddevi bhāskarādīnāṃ kvādhastejo gataṃ vada |
śilājaṭharaniṣpandaṃ muṣṭigrāhyaṃ tamaḥ kutaḥ || 47 ||

Lila said:—Tell me, O goddess! what became of the light of the sun and other luminaries, and whence came this dense darkness as to be compressed under the fist.
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 (3.29.47). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Lila, Tad, Tat, Devi, Devin, Bhaskara, Kva, Adhah, Adhas, Teja, Tejas, Gata, Vada, Shilaja, Tha, Nishpanda, Mushtigrahya, Tama, Tamas, Kutah, Kuta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.29.47). 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: “līlovāca ”
līlo -
līla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

līla (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

līlā (noun, feminine)

[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: “taddevi bhāskarādīnāṃ kvādhastejo gataṃ vada ”
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
devi -
devī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

devin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

devin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
bhāskarād -
bhāskara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

bhāskara (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
īnām -
i (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

ī (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

ī (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
kvā -
kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ku (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
adhas -
adhaḥ (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

adhaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

adhas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
tejo* -
tejas (noun, neuter)

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

teja (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
gatam -
gat (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

gata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

gata (noun, neuter)

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

gatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vada -
vada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vad (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Line 3: “śilājaṭharaniṣpandaṃ muṣṭigrāhyaṃ tamaḥ kutaḥ ”
śilāja -
śilāja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śilāja (noun, neuter)

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

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

[compound], [vocative single]

ra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
niṣpandam -
niṣpanda (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

niṣpanda (noun, neuter)

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

niṣpandā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
muṣṭigrāhyam -
muṣṭigrāhya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

muṣṭigrāhya (noun, neuter)

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

muṣṭigrāhyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tamaḥ -
tamas (noun, neuter)

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

tama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kutaḥ -
kutaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kutaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kuta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]