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 4.42.49

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दुःखे निपतितं घोरे विहङ्गः सागरे यथा ।
स्वबन्धास्थं जगज्जाले शून्ये गन्धर्वपत्तने ॥ ४९ ॥

duḥkhe nipatitaṃ ghore vihaṅgaḥ sāgare yathā |
svabandhāsthaṃ jagajjāle śūnye gandharvapattane || 49 ||

Man is exposed to the difficulties of this dark and dismal world, like a bird fallen in the waters of the sea; he is entangled in the snare of the world, like one snatched to the fairy land in the sky.
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 (4.42.49). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Duhkha, Nipatita, Ghora, Vihanga, Sagara, Yatha, Svap, Andha, Tha, Shunya, Gandharva, Pattana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.42.49). 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: “duḥkhe nipatitaṃ ghore vihaṅgaḥ sāgare yathā ”
duḥkhe -
duḥkha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

duḥkha (noun, neuter)

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

duḥkhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
nipatitam -
nipatita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nipatita (noun, neuter)

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

nipatitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ghore -
ghora (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ghora (noun, neuter)

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

ghorā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
vihaṅgaḥ -
vihaṅga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sāgare -
sāgara (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

sāgara (noun, neuter)

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

sāgarā (noun, feminine)

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

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “svabandhāsthaṃ jagajjāle śūnye gandharvapattane ”
svab -
svap (noun, masculine)

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

svap (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
andhās -
andha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

andhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tham -
tha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Cannot analyse jagajjāle*śū
śūnye -
śūnya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

śūnya (noun, neuter)

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

śūnyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
gandharva -
gandharva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
pattane -
pattana (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

pattana (noun, neuter)

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

pattanā (noun, feminine)

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