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 1.14.19

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नूनं निगरणायाशु घनगर्धमनारतम् ।
आखुर्मार्जारकेणेव मरणेनावलोक्यते ॥ १९ ॥

nūnaṃ nigaraṇāyāśu ghanagardhamanāratam |
ākhurmārjārakeṇeva maraṇenāvalokyate || 19 ||

Death is incessantly staring and growling at our face, as a cat looks and purrs at the mouse in order to devour it.
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 (1.14.19). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nunam, Nigarana, Ashu, Ghana, Gardha, Anaratam, Anarata, Akhu, Marjaraka, Iva, Marana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.14.19). 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: “nūnaṃ nigaraṇāyāśu ghanagardhamanāratam ”
nūnam -
nūnam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
nigaraṇāyā -
nigaraṇa (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

nigaraṇa (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
āśu -
āśu (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

āśu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

āśu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

āśu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

āśu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
ghana -
ghana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ghana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
gardham -
gardha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
anāratam -
anāratam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

anārata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

anārata (noun, neuter)

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

anāratā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “ākhurmārjārakeṇeva maraṇenāvalokyate ”
ākhur -
ākhu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ākhu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mārjārakeṇe -
mārjāraka (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
maraṇenā -
maraṇa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
avalokyate -
√avalok (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√avalok (verb class 10)

[present passive third single]