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 3.120.12

अन्यासु वृद्धासु सबाष्पनेत्रास्वार्तार्तियुक्तासु च वर्णयन्ती ।
अकालकान्तारविशीर्णबन्धुर्दुःखान्यसंख्यानि सखीषु वृद्धा ॥ १२ ॥

anyāsu vṛddhāsu sabāṣpanetrāsvārtārtiyuktāsu ca varṇayantī |
akālakāntāraviśīrṇabandhurduḥkhānyasaṃkhyāni sakhīṣu vṛddhā || 12 ||

He saw the old lady (his mother-in-law), wailing at the misfortunes of other matrons;who were lamenting like herself with their eyes suffused in tears, at the untimely deaths and innumerable miseries of their fellow brethren.

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.120.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Anya, Vriddha, Sabashpa, Netri, Netra, Iyam, Idam, Asva, Arta, Yukta, Varnayat, Varnayanti, Akalaka, Antara, Vishirna, Bandhu, Duhkha, Asankhya, Sakhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.120.12). 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: “anyāsu vṛddhāsu sabāṣpanetrāsvārtārtiyuktāsu ca varṇayantī
  • anyāsu -
  • anyā (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
  • vṛddhāsu -
  • vṛddhā (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
    vṛdh -> vṛddhā (participle, feminine)
    [locative plural from √vṛdh class 1 verb]
  • sabāṣpa -
  • sabāṣpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sabāṣpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • netrā -
  • netṛ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [instrumental single]
    netṛ (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    netra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    netra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • āsvā -
  • āsva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āsva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
    iyam (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
    idam (pronoun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
    as (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • ārtā -
  • ārta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ārta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ārtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • arti -
  • arti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • yuktāsu -
  • yuktā (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
    yuj -> yuktā (participle, feminine)
    [locative plural from √yuj class 7 verb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • varṇayantī -
  • varṇayantī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    varṇayantī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    varṇ -> varṇayat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √varṇ class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √varṇ class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √varṇ class 10 verb]
    varṇ -> varṇayantī (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √varṇ class 10 verb]
  • Line 2: “akālakāntāraviśīrṇabandhurduḥkhānyasaṃkhyāni sakhīṣu vṛddhā
  • akālakā -
  • akālaka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • antāra -
  • antāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    antāra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • viśīrṇa -
  • viśīrṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    viśīrṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bandhur -
  • bandhu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • duḥkhānya -
  • duḥkha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • asaṅkhyāni -
  • asaṅkhya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • sakhīṣu -
  • sakhī (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
  • vṛddhā -
  • vṛddhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    vṛdh -> vṛddhā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √vṛdh class 1 verb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.120.12

Cover of edition (1891)

Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)

[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.

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Preview of verse 3.120.12 in Gujarati sript:
અન્યાસુ વૃદ્ધાસુ સબાષ્પનેત્રાસ્વાર્તાર્તિયુક્તાસુ ચ વર્ણયન્તી ।
અકાલકાન્તારવિશીર્ણબન્ધુર્દુઃખાન્યસંખ્યાનિ સખીષુ વૃદ્ધા ॥ ૧૨ ॥

Cover of edition (2019)

Vasishtha Rama Samvadam (Telugu)
by Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad (2019)

Set of 4 Volumes; 9789383972142.

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Preview of verse 3.120.12 in Telugu sript:
అన్యాసు వృద్ధాసు సబాష్పనేత్రాస్వార్తార్తియుక్తాసు చ వర్ణయన్తీ ।
అకాలకాన్తారవిశీర్ణబన్ధుర్దుఃఖాన్యసంఖ్యాని సఖీషు వృద్ధా ॥ ౧౨ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

The Yogavasistha (Hindi translation)
by Khemraj Shrikrishnadass (2009)

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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