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 6.108.28

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अबला स्त्री तथा बाला मूढाहमपराधिनी ।
क्षन्तुमर्हसि नाथ त्वं क्षमावन्तो हि साधवः ॥ २८ ॥

abalā strī tathā bālā mūḍhāhamaparādhinī |
kṣantumarhasi nātha tvaṃ kṣamāvanto hi sādhavaḥ || 28 ||

I am a damsel and a weaker vessel and an ignorant and independent lass, therefore sir, it becomes you to forgive my fickleness, because forgiveness is the most prominent feature of holiness.
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 (6.108.28). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Abala, Stri, Tatha, Bala, Mudha, Aha, Asmad, Aparadhin, Aparadhini, Natha, Tva, Yushmad, Kshamavat, Sadhu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.108.28). 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: “abalā strī tathā bālā mūḍhāhamaparādhinī ”
abalā -
abalā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
strī -
strī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]
tathā* -
tathā (noun, feminine)

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

tatha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
bālā* -
bāla (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bālā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
mūḍhā -
mūḍha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

mūḍha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

mūḍhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√muh -> mūḍha (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √muh class 4 verb]

√muh -> mūḍha (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √muh class 4 verb]

√muh -> mūḍhā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √muh class 4 verb]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
aparādhinī -
aparādhinī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

aparādhin (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “kṣantumarhasi nātha tvaṃ kṣamāvanto hi sādhavaḥ ”
kṣantum -
√kṣam -> kṣantum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √kṣam]

√kṣam -> kṣantum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √kṣam]

√kṣam -> kṣantum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √kṣam]
arhasi -
√arh (verb class 1)

[present active second single]
nātha -
nātha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nātha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√nāth (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
tvam -
tva (noun, neuter)

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

tva (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
kṣamāvanto* -
kṣamāvat (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
sādhavaḥ -
sādhu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]