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 7.82.9

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विना तिष्ठति माधुर्यं कथयेक्षुरसः कथम् ।
निर्माधुर्यश्च यस्त्विक्षुरसो न हि स तद्रसः ॥ ९ ॥

vinā tiṣṭhati mādhuryaṃ kathayekṣurasaḥ katham |
nirmādhuryaśca yastvikṣuraso na hi sa tadrasaḥ || 9 ||

Say what is the extract of the sugar-cane, unless it is possessed of its sweetness; you can not call it the juice of sugar-cane, unless you find the saccharine flavour in the same.
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 (7.82.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vina, Tishthat, Madhurya, Katha, Ikshurasa, Katham, Nirma, Dhurya, Dhuri, Yah, Tadrasa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.82.9). 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: “vinā tiṣṭhati mādhuryaṃ kathayekṣurasaḥ katham ”
vinā -
vinā (indeclinable postposition)

[indeclinable postposition]

vi (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vi (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vī (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vinā (noun, feminine)

[nominative 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]
mādhuryam -
mādhurya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mādhurya (noun, neuter)

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

mādhuryā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
kathaye -
kathā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

√kath (verb class 10)

[present middle first single], [imperative active second single]
ikṣurasaḥ -
ikṣurasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “nirmādhuryaśca yastvikṣuraso na hi sa tadrasaḥ ”
nirmā -
nirmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
dhuryaś -
dhurya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

dhurī (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

dhurī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yas -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tvi -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
ikṣuraso* -
ikṣurasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tadrasaḥ -
tadrasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]