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 4.16.22

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समङ्गाद्विजदेहं तं भस्मसात्तत्र चक्रतुः ।
को हि नाम जगज्जातमाचारं नानुतिष्ठति ॥ २२ ॥

samaṅgādvijadehaṃ taṃ bhasmasāttatra cakratuḥ |
ko hi nāma jagajjātamācāraṃ nānutiṣṭhati || 22 ||

They then set fire to the body of the Samanga Brahman, and reduced it to ashes; for who is there among the earth-born mortals, that ought to set at naught aught of the customary usages of his country?
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 (4.16.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Samanga, Vijat, Eha, Bhasmasat, Tatra, Kah, Naman, Nanu, Tishthat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.16.22). 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: “samaṅgādvijadehaṃ taṃ bhasmasāttatra cakratuḥ ”
samaṅgād -
samaṅga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

samaṅga (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
vijad -
√vij -> vijat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vij class 6 verb], [vocative single from √vij class 6 verb], [accusative single from √vij class 6 verb]
eham -
eha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

eha (noun, neuter)

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

ehā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tam -
ta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

tan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
bhasmasāt -
bhasmasāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
cakratuḥ -
√kṛ (verb class 1)

[perfect active third dual]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[perfect active third dual]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[perfect active third dual]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[perfect active third dual]

√kṛ (verb class 3)

[perfect active third dual]

√kṛ (verb class 6)

[perfect active third dual]
Line 2: “ko hi nāma jagajjātamācāraṃ nānutiṣṭhati ”
ko* -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
nāma -
nāman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Cannot analyse jagajjātamācāram*nā
nānu -
nānū (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
tiṣṭhati -
√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā (verb class 1)

[present active third single]