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 3.30.28

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केचिन्नित्यान्धकाराढ्यास्तथा शीलितजन्तवः ।
केचिन्नित्यप्रकाशाढ्यास्तथा शीलितजन्तवः ॥ २८ ॥

kecinnityāndhakārāḍhyāstathā śīlitajantavaḥ |
kecinnityaprakāśāḍhyāstathā śīlitajantavaḥ || 28 ||

Some are quite blind and suited to darkness (as owls and moles and bats); others are suited to light (as men, birds and beasts), and some to both.
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 (3.30.28). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kah, Kim, Cit, Nitya, Dhakara, Adhya, Tatha, Shilita, Jantu, Prakasha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.30.28). 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: “kecinnityāndhakārāḍhyāstathā śīlitajantavaḥ ”
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]
cin -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
nityān -
nitya (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
dhakārā -
dhakāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
āḍhyās -
āḍhya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

āḍhyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

śīlita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√śīl -> śīlita (participle, masculine)

[compound from √śīl]

√śīl -> śīlita (participle, neuter)

[compound from √śīl]

√śīl -> śīlita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √śīl class 10 verb], [vocative single from √śīl]

√śīl -> śīlita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √śīl class 10 verb], [vocative single from √śīl]
jantavaḥ -
jantu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 2: “kecinnityaprakāśāḍhyāstathā śīlitajantavaḥ ”
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]
cin -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
nitya -
nitya (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

nitya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nitya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
prakāśā -
prakāśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prakāśa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

prakāśā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
āḍhyās -
āḍhya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

āḍhyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

śīlita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√śīl -> śīlita (participle, masculine)

[compound from √śīl]

√śīl -> śīlita (participle, neuter)

[compound from √śīl]

√śīl -> śīlita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √śīl class 10 verb], [vocative single from √śīl]

√śīl -> śīlita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √śīl class 10 verb], [vocative single from √śīl]
jantavaḥ -
jantu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]