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 3.48.51

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दंष्ट्राबिसाङ्कुराक्रान्तमुखपङ्काक्षदेहकाः ।
उदिता लोमजम्बाला दुष्पल्वलतटा इव ॥ ५१ ॥

daṃṣṭrābisāṅkurākrāntamukhapaṅkākṣadehakāḥ |
uditā lomajambālā duṣpalvalataṭā iva || 51 ||

With mouths beset by rows of sprouting teeth like lotus stalks, and faces defaced by dirty and fusty eyes, their hairy bodies were as stagnate pools full of moss and weeds.
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 (3.48.51). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Damshtri, Damshtra, Bisa, Ankura, Akranta, Ukha, Panka, Hak, Udita, Loma, Loman, 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 3.48.51). 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: “daṃṣṭrābisāṅkurākrāntamukhapaṅkākṣadehakāḥ ”
daṃṣṭrā -
daṃṣṭṛ (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

daṃṣṭrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
bisā -
bisa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
aṅkurā -
aṅkura (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
akrāntam -
akrānta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

akrānta (noun, neuter)

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

akrāntā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ukha -
ukha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
paṅkā -
paṅka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

paṅka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

paṅkā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
akṣade -
√kṣad (verb class 1)

[imperfect middle first single]
hak -
hak (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
āḥ -
a (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ā (noun, feminine)

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

o (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
Line 2: “uditā lomajambālā duṣpalvalataṭā iva ”
uditā* -
udita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

uditā (noun, feminine)

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

√vad -> udita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √vad class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vad class 1 verb]

√vad -> uditā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √vad class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vad class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √vad class 1 verb]
loma -
loma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

loma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

loman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
jambālā* -
Cannot analyse duṣpalvalataṭā*iv
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]