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 3.86.22

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स्वल्पेनैव हि कालेन प्रावृषेव नवाम्बुदाः ।
ते सप्तवर्षवयसो बभूवुर्ज्ञातवाङ्मयाः ॥ २२ ॥

svalpenaiva hi kālena prāvṛṣeva navāmbudāḥ |
te saptavarṣavayaso babhūvurjñātavāṅmayāḥ || 22 ||

In course of a short time, they attained their boyhood, and became conversant in the language of the gods (Sanskrit); as the mute clouds become sonorous in the rainy season.
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 (3.86.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svalpa, Kalena, Kala, Pravrish, Pravrisha, Iva, Navambu, Tad, Yushmad, Saptavarsha, Vayas, Vayasa, Jnata, Vanmaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.86.22). 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: “svalpenaiva hi kālena prāvṛṣeva navāmbudāḥ ”
svalpenai -
svalpa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

svalpa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
kālena -
kālena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kāla (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

kāla (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
prāvṛṣe -
prāvṛṣa (noun, masculine)

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

prāvṛṣ (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single], [dative single]

prāvṛṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
navāmbu -
navāmbu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
dāḥ -
da (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

dā (noun, feminine)

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

dā (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [nominative plural], [vocative single], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “te saptavarṣavayaso babhūvurjñātavāṅmayāḥ ”
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
saptavarṣa -
saptavarṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

saptavarṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vayaso* -
vayas (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

vayasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
babhūvur -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]
jñāta -
jñāta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

jñāta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√jñā -> jñāta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [vocative single from √jñā class 9 verb]

√jñā -> jñāta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [vocative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
vāṅmayāḥ -
vāṅmaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]