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 1.8.17

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राक्षसाः क्रूरकर्माणः कूटयुद्धविशारदाः ।
रामस्तान्योधयत्वित्थं युक्तिरेवातिदुःसहा ॥ १७ ॥

rākṣasāḥ krūrakarmāṇaḥ kūṭayuddhaviśāradāḥ |
rāmastānyodhayatvitthaṃ yuktirevātiduḥsahā || 17 ||

The Rakshasas are very cruel in their actions and fight deceitful warfares: so that Rama should fight them, is an idea which is very painful to me.
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 (1.8.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Rakshasa, Krurakarman, Kutayuddha, Visharada, Rama, Tanya, Tani, Ittham, Ittha, Yukti, Eva, Atiduhsaha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.8.17). 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: “rākṣasāḥ krūrakarmāṇaḥ kūṭayuddhaviśāradāḥ ”
rākṣasāḥ -
rākṣasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
krūrakarmāṇaḥ -
krūrakarman (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
kūṭayuddha -
kūṭayuddha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kūṭayuddha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
viśāradāḥ -
viśārada (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

viśāradā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “rāmastānyodhayatvitthaṃ yuktirevātiduḥsahā ”
rāmas -
rāma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√rā (verb class 2)

[present active first plural]
tānyo -
√tan -> tānya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

√tan -> tānya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 4 verb]

√tan -> tānya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 1 verb]

tānī (noun, masculine)

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

tānī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
dhayatvi -
√dhe (verb class 1)

[imperative active third single]
ittham -
ittham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ittha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
yuktir -
yukti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
evā -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

evā (noun, feminine)

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

[nominative single]