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 1.9.16

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न देवा नर्षयः केचिन्नासुरा न च राक्षसाः ।
न नागा यक्षगन्धर्वाः समेताः सदृशा मुनेः ॥ १६ ॥

na devā narṣayaḥ kecinnāsurā na ca rākṣasāḥ |
na nāgā yakṣagandharvāḥ sametāḥ sadṛśā muneḥ || 16 ||

Among the Gods, the Sages, the Asuras, the Rakshasas, the Nagas, the Yakshas and Gandharvas, there is none equal to him.
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 (1.9.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Deva, Nri, Rishi, Kah, Kim, Cinna, Asura, Rakshasa, Naga, Yaksha, Gandharva, Sameta, Sadrisha, Muni,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.9.16). 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 devā narṣayaḥ kecinnāsurā na ca rākṣasāḥ ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
devā* -
deva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

devā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
nar -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ṛṣayaḥ -
ṛṣi (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
ke -
ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

ka (noun, neuter)

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

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
cinnā -
cinna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
asurā* -
asura (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

asurā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
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]
rākṣasāḥ -
rākṣasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 2: “na nāgā yakṣagandharvāḥ sametāḥ sadṛśā muneḥ ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nāgā* -
nāga (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nāgā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

yakṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√yakṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
gandharvāḥ -
gandharva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

gandharvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
sametāḥ -
sameta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sametā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
sadṛśā* -
sadṛśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sadṛśā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
muneḥ -
muni (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]