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 3.44.10

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परिवारैर्विलासिन्यो देव्य आहृत्य मूर्धजैः ।
आक्रन्दन्त्यो बलान्नीताः कुरर्य इव धीवरैः ॥ १० ॥

parivārairvilāsinyo devya āhṛtya mūrdhajaiḥ |
ākrandantyo balānnītāḥ kurarya iva dhīvaraiḥ || 10 ||

The handsome ladies are dragged by the hair from amidst their families, in the manner of screaming cranes, caught and carried away by the cruel fowlers and fishermen.
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 (3.44.10). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Parivara, Vilasini, Devi, Devya, Ahritya, Murdhaja, Krandanti, Bala, Kurari, Iva, Dhivara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.44.10). 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: “parivārairvilāsinyo devya āhṛtya mūrdhajaiḥ ”
parivārair -
parivāra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
vilāsinyo* -
vilāsinī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
devya* -
devī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

√dīv -> devya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √dīv]
āhṛtya -
āhṛtya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

āhṛtya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

āhṛtya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mūrdhajaiḥ -
mūrdhaja (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “ākrandantyo balānnītāḥ kurarya iva dhīvaraiḥ ”
ā -
ā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
krandantyo* -
√krand -> krandantī (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √krand class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √krand class 1 verb]
balānn -
bala (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
ītā -
√i (verb class 2)

[optative middle third single]
aḥ -
a (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
kurarya* -
kurarī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
dhīvaraiḥ -
dhīvara (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

dhīvara (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]