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 3.31.34

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सदाचारवतामर्थे खड्गधारां सहन्ति ये ।
ते शूरा इति कथ्यन्ते शेषा डिम्भाहवाहताः ॥ ३४ ॥

sadācāravatāmarthe khaḍgadhārāṃ sahanti ye |
te śūrā iti kathyante śeṣā ḍimbhāhavāhatāḥ || 34 ||

They who suffer wounds on their bodies, for the protection of the righteous and good, are said to be heroes, or else they are insurgents.
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 (3.31.34). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sadacaravat, Sadacaravata, Artha, Khadgadhara, Sahat, Sahanti, Yah, Yat, Tad, Yushmad, Shura, Iti, Shesha, Dimbha, Ahu, Ahata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.31.34). 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: “sadācāravatāmarthe khaḍgadhārāṃ sahanti ye ”
sadācāravatām -
sadācāravat (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

sadācāravat (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

sadācāravatā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
arthe -
artha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

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

√arth (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
khaḍgadhārām -
khaḍgadhārā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
sahanti -
sahat (noun, neuter)

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

√sah -> sahat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √sah class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sah class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √sah class 1 verb]

√sah -> sahantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √sah class 1 verb]

√sah (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
ye -
ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “te śūrā iti kathyante śeṣā ḍimbhāhavāhatāḥ ”
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
śūrā* -
śūra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śūrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
kathyante -
√kath (verb class 10)

[present passive third plural]
śeṣā* -
śeṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śeṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ḍimbhā -
ḍimbha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ḍimbhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ahavā -
ahu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

ahu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
āhatāḥ -
āhata (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

āhatā (noun, feminine)

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