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 1.17.23

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संसारवृन्दे महति नानारससमाकुले ।
भुवनाभोगरङ्गेषु तृष्णा जरठनर्तकी ॥ २३ ॥

saṃsāravṛnde mahati nānārasasamākule |
bhuvanābhogaraṅgeṣu tṛṣṇā jaraṭhanartakī || 23 ||

Greediness as an old actress plays her various parts in the vast theatre of world, in order to please the different tastes of her audience.
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 (1.17.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Samsara, Vrinda, Mahat, Mahati, Nanarasa, Samakula, Bhuvana, Abhoga, Ranga, Trishna, Jaratha, Nartaki,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.17.23). 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: “saṃsāravṛnde mahati nānārasasamākule ”
saṃsāra -
saṃsāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vṛnde -
vṛnda (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vṛnda (noun, neuter)

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

vṛndā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
mahati -
mahatī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

mahat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

mahat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√mah (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
nānārasa -
nānārasa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nānārasa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
samākule -
samākula (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

samākula (noun, neuter)

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

samākulā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “bhuvanābhogaraṅgeṣu tṛṣṇā jaraṭhanartakī ”
bhuvanā -
bhuvana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhuvana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhuvanā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

ābhoga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
raṅgeṣu -
raṅga (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

raṅga (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
tṛṣṇā* -
tṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

jaraṭha (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [nominative single]