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 1.12.28

खलाः कालेकाले निशि निशितमोहैकमिहिकागतालोके लोके विषयशतचौराः सुचतुराः ।
प्रवृत्ताः प्रोद्युक्ता दिशिदिशि विवेकैकहरणे रणे शक्तास्तेषां क इव विदुषःप्रोज्झ्य सुभटाः ॥ २८ ॥

khalāḥ kālekāle niśi niśitamohaikamihikāgatāloke loke viṣayaśatacaurāḥ sucaturāḥ |
pravṛttāḥ prodyuktā diśidiśi vivekaikaharaṇe raṇe śaktāsteṣāṃ ka iva viduṣaḥprojjhya subhaṭāḥ || 28 ||

There are wicked passions prying at all times, under the dark mist of the night of our ignorance; and there are hundreds of objects, which like so many cunning rogues, are about all men in broad day-light, and lurking on all sides to rob us of our reason. What mighty champions can we delegate (now) to fight with these than our knowledge of truth?

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.12.28). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Khala, Kale, Kala, Nish, Nishi, Nishita, Oha, Aika, Kaga, Tala, Loka, Vishaya, Shata, Caura, Sucatura, Pravritta, Pra, Udyukta, Dish, Viveka, Harana, Harani, Rana, Shakta, Tad, Kah, Iva, Vidus, Vidvas, Vidusha, Projjhya, Subhata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.12.28). 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: “khalāḥ kālekāle niśi niśitamohaikamihikāgatāloke loke viṣayaśatacaurāḥ sucaturāḥ
  • khalāḥ -
  • khala (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    khalā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • kāle -
  • kāle (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kāla (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kāla (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kālā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • kāle -
  • kāle (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kāla (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kāla (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kālā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • niśi -
  • niśi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    niśi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    niśi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    niś (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • niśitam -
  • niśita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    niśita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    niśitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ohai -
  • oha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    oha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ohā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    uh (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single], [imperative middle first single]
  • aikam -
  • aika (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    aika (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    aikā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ihi -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second single]
  • kāga -
  • kāga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tālo -
  • tāla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tāla (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tālā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • uke -
  • loke -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    lok (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • viṣaya -
  • viṣaya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śata -
  • śata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • caurāḥ -
  • caura (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    caurā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • sucaturāḥ -
  • sucatura (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sucaturā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “pravṛttāḥ prodyuktā diśidiśi vivekaikaharaṇe raṇe śaktāsteṣāṃ ka iva viduṣaḥprojjhya subhaṭāḥ
  • pravṛttāḥ -
  • pravṛtta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pravṛttā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • pro -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • udyuktā* -
  • udyukta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    udyuktā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • diśi -
  • diś (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • diśi -
  • diś (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • vivekai -
  • viveka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aika -
  • aika (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aika (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • haraṇe -
  • haraṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    haraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    haraṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    haraṇi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • raṇe -
  • raṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    raṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • śaktās -
  • śakta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śaktā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    śac -> śakta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √śac class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √śac class 1 verb]
    śac -> śaktā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √śac class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √śac class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √śac class 1 verb]
    śak -> śakta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √śak class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √śak class 5 verb]
    śak -> śaktā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √śak class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √śak class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √śak class 5 verb]
  • teṣām -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • ka* -
  • kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • viduṣaḥ -
  • vidus (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vidus (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vidvas (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vidvas (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vid -> vidvas (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √vid class 2 verb], [ablative single from √vid class 2 verb], [genitive single from √vid class 2 verb]
    vid -> vidvas (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √vid class 2 verb], [genitive single from √vid class 2 verb]
    viduṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • projjhya -
  • projjhya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • subhaṭāḥ -
  • subhaṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    subhaṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.12.28

Cover of edition (1891)

Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)

[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.

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Preview of verse 1.12.28 in Gujarati sript:
ખલાઃ કાલેકાલે નિશિ નિશિતમોહૈકમિહિકાગતાલોકે લોકે વિષયશતચૌરાઃ સુચતુરાઃ ।
પ્રવૃત્તાઃ પ્રોદ્યુક્તા દિશિદિશિ વિવેકૈકહરણે રણે શક્તાસ્તેષાં ક ઇવ વિદુષઃપ્રોજ્ઝ્ય સુભટાઃ ॥ ૨૮ ॥

Cover of edition (2019)

Vasishtha Rama Samvadam (Telugu)
by Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad (2019)

Set of 4 Volumes; 9789383972142.

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Preview of verse 1.12.28 in Telugu sript:
ఖలాః కాలేకాలే నిశి నిశితమోహైకమిహికాగతాలోకే లోకే విషయశతచౌరాః సుచతురాః ।
ప్రవృత్తాః ప్రోద్యుక్తా దిశిదిశి వివేకైకహరణే రణే శక్తాస్తేషాం క ఇవ విదుషఃప్రోజ్ఝ్య సుభటాః ॥ ౨౮ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

The Yogavasistha (Hindi translation)
by Khemraj Shrikrishnadass (2009)

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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