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 1.15.16

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तृष्णातन्तुलवप्रोता बहुजन्मपरम्परा ।
अहंकारोग्रखिङ्गेन कण्ठे मुक्तावली कृता ॥ १६ ॥

tṛṣṇātantulavaprotā bahujanmaparamparā |
ahaṃkārograkhiṅgena kaṇṭhe muktāvalī kṛtā || 16 ||

The self-conceited are decorated with a string of pearls about their necks, of which avarice forms the thread, and repeated births—the pearls.
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 (1.15.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Trishna, Tantula, Vapra, Uta, Bahu, Janmapa, Para, Kantha, Muktavali, Krit, Krita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.15.16). 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: “tṛṣṇātantulavaprotā bahujanmaparamparā ”
tṛṣṇā -
tṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tantula -
tantula (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tantula (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vapro -
vapra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vapra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vaprā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
utā* -
uta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

utā (noun, feminine)

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

√vā -> uta (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √vā class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vā class 1 verb]

√vā -> utā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √vā class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vā class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √vā class 1 verb]
bahu -
bahu (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

bahu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

bahu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bahu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
janmapa -
janmapa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ram -
ra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ra (noun, neuter)

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

rā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
parā -
parā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

parā (Preverb)

[Preverb]

parā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
Line 2: “ahaṃkārograkhiṅgena kaṇṭhe muktāvalī kṛtā ”
Cannot analyse ahaṅkārograkhiṅgena*ka
kaṇṭhe -
kaṇṭha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√kaṇṭh (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
muktāvalī -
muktāvalī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

muktāvali (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
kṛtā -
kṛt (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

kṛt (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

kṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√kṛ -> kṛtā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]