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 3.39.5

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निःसत्त्वेषु तमोन्धेषु रसनारसशालिषु ।
संकोचमाययुः पद्मामृतानां हृदयेष्विव ॥ ५ ॥

niḥsattveṣu tamondheṣu rasanārasaśāliṣu |
saṃkocamāyayuḥ padmāmṛtānāṃ hṛdayeṣviva || 5 ||

The busy buzz of Creation being silent in the dead darkness of night, like the humming of bees over the surface of the waters, the hearts of men were closed in sleep as in death, like the petals of the lotus at night.
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 (3.39.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nihsattva, Tama, Dha, Rasana, Arasa, Shali, Shalin, Sankoca, Aya, Padma, Rita, Hridaya, Iva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.39.5). 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: “niḥsattveṣu tamondheṣu rasanārasaśāliṣu ”
niḥsattveṣu -
niḥsattva (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

niḥsattva (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
tamo -
tama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tamā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ūn -
u (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
dheṣu -
dha (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

dha (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
rasanā -
rasana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

rasana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

rasanā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

arasa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śāliṣu -
śāli (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

śālin (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

śālin (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
Line 2: “saṃkocamāyayuḥ padmāmṛtānāṃ hṛdayeṣviva ”
saṅkocam -
saṅkoca (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

saṅkoca (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
āya -
āya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

a (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
yuḥ -
yu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
padmām -
padmā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ṛtānām -
ṛta (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

ṛta (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

ṛtā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
hṛdayeṣvi -
hṛdaya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

hṛdaya (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]