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 1.17.20

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नित्यमेवातिमलिना कटुकोन्माददायिनी ।
दीर्घतन्त्री घनस्नेहा तृष्णा गह्वरवल्लरी ॥ २० ॥

nityamevātimalinā kaṭukonmādadāyinī |
dīrghatantrī ghanasnehā tṛṣṇā gahvaravallarī || 20 ||

Our avarice is like the long fibered, dark and juicy poisonous creeper called Kaduka, that grows in the caverns of mountains, and maddens men by its flavour.
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 (1.17.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nityam, Nitya, Eva, Ali, Alin, Katuka, Unmada, Dayin, Dayini, Dayi, Dirgha, Tantri, Tantrin, Ghana, Snehan, Trishna, Gahvara, Vallari,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.17.20). 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: “nityamevātimalinā kaṭukonmādadāyinī ”
nityam -
nityam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

nitya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nitya (noun, neuter)

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

nityā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
evāt -
eva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
im -
i (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
alinā -
ali (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

alin (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
kaṭuko -
kaṭuka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kaṭuka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kaṭukā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

unmāda (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dāyinī -
dāyinī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

dāyin (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

dāyī (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “dīrghatantrī ghanasnehā tṛṣṇā gahvaravallarī ”
dīrgha -
dīrgha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dīrgha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tantrī -
tantrī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

tantri (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

tantrin (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

ghana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
snehā -
snehan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tṛṣṇā* -
tṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

gahvara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vallarī -
vallarī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

vallari (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]