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 3.84.4

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कर्कटप्राणिसादृश्यात्कर्कटो नाम राक्षसः ।
बभूव तज्जा सा कृष्णा कर्कटी कर्कटाकृतिः ॥ ४ ॥

karkaṭaprāṇisādṛśyātkarkaṭo nāma rākṣasaḥ |
babhūva tajjā sā kṛṣṇā karkaṭī karkaṭākṛtiḥ || 4 ||

As for Karkati, you must know that there was a Rakshasa by name of Karkata, from his exact resemblance to a cancer.
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 (3.84.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Karkata, Pra, Pran, Pranin, Sadrishya, Naman, Rakshasa, Tajja, Krishna, Karkati, Akriti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.84.4). 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: “karkaṭaprāṇisādṛśyātkarkaṭo nāma rākṣasaḥ ”
karkaṭa -
karkaṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
prāṇi -
prāṇin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

prāṇin (noun, neuter)

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

pra (noun, neuter)

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

prāṇ (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

prāṇ (noun, neuter)

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

√prā (verb class 2)

[imperative active first single]
sādṛśyāt -
sādṛśya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
karkaṭo* -
karkaṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
nāma -
nāman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
rākṣasaḥ -
rākṣasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “babhūva tajjā sā kṛṣṇā karkaṭī karkaṭākṛtiḥ ”
babhūva -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
tajjā -
tajjā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
sā -
sā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kṛṣṇā -
kṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
karkaṭī -
karkaṭī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

karkaṭi (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
karkaṭā -
karkaṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

karkaṭā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ākṛtiḥ -
ākṛti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ākṛti (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]