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 3.37.38

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श्वेतकाकाननं लूनं कुठारैर्जठरेरितैः ।
एतद्ददाह पार्श्वस्थो भद्रेशः शरवह्निना ॥ ३८ ॥

śvetakākānanaṃ lūnaṃ kuṭhārairjaṭhareritaiḥ |
etaddadāha pārśvastho bhadreśaḥ śaravahninā || 38 ||

The heads of the white Kakas (Caucasians), were lopped off with sharp axes; and their neighbouring prince of the Bhadras was burnt down by the fiery arrows.
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 (3.37.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shvetakaka, Ana, Luna, Kuthara, Jathara, Irita, Etad, Parshvastha, Bhadresha, Sharava, Han, Nri,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.37.38). 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: “śvetakākānanaṃ lūnaṃ kuṭhārairjaṭhareritaiḥ ”
śvetakākān -
śvetakāka (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
anam -
ana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
lūnam -
lūna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

lūna (noun, neuter)

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

lūnā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√lū -> lūna (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √lū class 9 verb]

√lū -> lūna (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √lū class 9 verb], [accusative single from √lū class 9 verb]
kuṭhārair -
kuṭhāra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
jaṭhare -
jaṭhara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

jaṭhara (noun, neuter)

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

jaṭharā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
īritaiḥ -
īrita (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

īrita (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

√īr -> īrita (participle, masculine)

[instrumental plural from √īr]

√īr -> īrita (participle, neuter)

[instrumental plural from √īr]
Line 2: “etaddadāha pārśvastho bhadreśaḥ śaravahninā ”
etad -
etad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

etad (noun, masculine)

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

etad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
dadāha -
√dah (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
pārśvastho* -
pārśvastha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhadreśaḥ -
bhadreśa (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
hni -
han (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
nā -
nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]