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 4.30.12

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स्वया वासनया जातास्तयैव क्रूरया पुनः ।
बन्धकर्मकराकाराः किराता राजकिङ्कराः ॥ १२ ॥

svayā vāsanayā jātāstayaiva krūrayā punaḥ |
bandhakarmakarākārāḥ kirātā rājakiṅkarāḥ || 12 ||

The evil desires and wicked propensities, which they contracted in the company of the hellish train, caused their transmigration to the forms of Kiratas, for carrying on their slaughters and atrocities like the myrmidons of Yama.
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 (4.30.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sva, Vasana, Jata, Taya, Krura, Puna, Bandha, Karmakara, Akara, Kirata, Raja, Kinkara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.30.12). 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: “svayā vāsanayā jātāstayaiva krūrayā punaḥ ”
svayā -
svā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
vāsanayā -
vāsanā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
jātās -
jāta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

jātā (noun, feminine)

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

√jan -> jāta (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √jan class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 4 verb]

√jan -> jātā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √jan class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative plural from √jan class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √jan class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √jan class 4 verb]
tayai -
taya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

√tay (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single], [imperative middle first single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
krūrayā -
krūrā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
punaḥ -
pu (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

puna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pū (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “bandhakarmakarākārāḥ kirātā rājakiṅkarāḥ ”
bandha -
bandha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√bandh (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
karmakarā -
karmakara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

karmakara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
akārāḥ -
akāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
kirātā* -
kirāta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
rāja -
rāja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

rājan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

√rāj (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
kiṅkarāḥ -
kiṅkara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kiṅkarā (noun, feminine)

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