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 1.8.7

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न शस्त्रैः परमैर्युक्तो न च युद्धविशारदः ।
नवास्त्रैः शूरकोटीनां तज्ज्ञः समरभूमिषु ॥ ७ ॥

na śastraiḥ paramairyukto na ca yuddhaviśāradaḥ |
navāstraiḥ śūrakoṭīnāṃ tajjñaḥ samarabhūmiṣu || 7 ||

He is not well trained in arms, nor is he skilled in warfare. He does not know to fight with a foe, arrayed in the order of battle.
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 (1.8.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shastra, Parama, Yukta, Yuddhavisharada, Nava, Tra, Shura, Koti, Tajjna, Samarabhumi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.8.7). 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: “na śastraiḥ paramairyukto na ca yuddhaviśāradaḥ ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śastraiḥ -
śastra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

śastra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
paramair -
parama (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

parama (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
yukto* -
yukta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√yuj -> yukta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √yuj class 7 verb]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yuddhaviśāradaḥ -
yuddhaviśārada (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “navāstraiḥ śūrakoṭīnāṃ tajjñaḥ samarabhūmiṣu ”
navās -
nava (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

navā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
traiḥ -
tra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

tra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
śūra -
śūra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śūra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
koṭīnām -
koṭi (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

koṭī (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
tajjñaḥ -
tajjña (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
samarabhūmiṣu -
samarabhūmi (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]