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 1.6.18

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जराजरठया नित्यं तपःप्रसररूक्षया ।
जटावल्या वृतस्कन्धं ससंध्याभ्रमिवाचलम् ॥ १८ ॥

jarājaraṭhayā nityaṃ tapaḥprasararūkṣayā |
jaṭāvalyā vṛtaskandhaṃ sasaṃdhyābhramivācalam || 18 ||

He was hoary with old age, rough-skinned by the practice of austerities, and covered down to his shoulders by red-bright braids of hair, resembling the evening clouds over topping a mountain brow.
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 (1.6.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jara, Jaratha, Nityam, Nitya, Tap, Tapa, Tapas, Prasara, Ruksha, Jata, Jati, Vrita, Skandha, Sasandhya, Abhra, Iva, Acala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.6.18). 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: “jarājaraṭhayā nityaṃ tapaḥprasararūkṣayā ”
jarā -
jarā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
jaraṭhayā -
jaraṭhā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
nityam -
nityam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

nitya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nitya (noun, neuter)

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

nityā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tapaḥ -
tapas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

tap (noun, masculine)

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

tap (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

tapa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prasara -
prasara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prasara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rūkṣayā -
rūkṣā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “jaṭāvalyā vṛtaskandhaṃ sasaṃdhyābhramivācalam ”
jaṭāva -
jaṭa (noun, masculine)

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

jaṭi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

√jaṭ (verb class 1)

[imperative active first dual]
alyā -
vṛta -
vṛta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vṛta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vṛ -> vṛta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vṛ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √vṛ class 9 verb]

√vṛ -> vṛta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √vṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vṛ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √vṛ class 9 verb]

√vṛ -> vṛta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vṛ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √vṛ class 9 verb]

√vṛ -> vṛta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √vṛ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √vṛ class 9 verb]
skandham -
skandha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

skandhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
sasandhyā -
sasandhya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sasandhya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sasandhyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
abhram -
abhra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
acalam -
acala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

acala (noun, neuter)

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

acalā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√cal (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first single]