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 1.8.20

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प्रधानभूतस्तेष्वेव रामः कमललोचनः ।
तं विनेह त्रयोऽप्यन्ये धारयन्ति न जीवितम् ॥ २० ॥

pradhānabhūtasteṣveva rāmaḥ kamalalocanaḥ |
taṃ vineha trayo'pyanye dhārayanti na jīvitam || 20 ||

The lotus-eyed Rama is the eldest of these without whom the three others can hardly bear to live.
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 (1.8.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pradhanabhuta, Tad, Eva, Rama, Kamalalocana, Vina, Iha, Traya, Tri, Api, Apya, Anya, Dharayanti, Dharayat, Jivita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.8.20). 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: “pradhānabhūtasteṣveva rāmaḥ kamalalocanaḥ ”
pradhānabhūtas -
pradhānabhūta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
teṣve -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

ta (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

tad (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rāmaḥ -
rāma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√rā (verb class 2)

[present active first plural]
kamalalocanaḥ -
kamalalocana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “taṃ vineha trayo'pyanye dhārayanti na jīvitam ”
tam -
ta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

tan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
vine -
vinā (indeclinable postposition)

[indeclinable postposition]

vina (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

vina (noun, neuter)

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

vi (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vi (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single], [dative single]

vī (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single], [dative single]

vinā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iha -
iha (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
trayo' -
traya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

tri (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
apya -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

apya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ap (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
anye -
anya (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

anyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
dhārayanti -
dhārayantī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

√dhṛ -> dhārayantī (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √dhṛ]

dhārayat (noun, neuter)

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

√dhṛ -> dhārayat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √dhṛ], [vocative plural from √dhṛ], [accusative plural from √dhṛ]

√dhṛ -> dhārayantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √dhṛ]

√dhṛ (verb class 0)

[present active third plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jīvitam -
jīvita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

jīvita (noun, neuter)

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

jīvitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√jīv -> jīvita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]

√jīv -> jīvita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √jīv class 1 verb], [accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]