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 1.18.58

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दिनैः कतिपयैरेव निर्झराम्बुकणो यथा ।
पतत्ययमयत्नेन जरठः कायपल्लवः ॥ ५८ ॥

dinaiḥ katipayaireva nirjharāmbukaṇo yathā |
patatyayamayatnena jaraṭhaḥ kāyapallavaḥ || 58 ||

Our bodies are as fleeting as the drops of a water-fall, and they fall off in a few days like the withered leaves of trees.
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 (1.18.58). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dina, Katipaya, Eva, Nirjhara, Ambukana, Yatha, Patat, Jaratha, Kaya, Pallava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.18.58). 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: “dinaiḥ katipayaireva nirjharāmbukaṇo yathā ”
dinaiḥ -
dina (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

dina (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
katipayair -
katipaya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

katipaya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nirjharā -
nirjhara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ambukaṇo* -
ambukaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “patatyayamayatnena jaraṭhaḥ kāyapallavaḥ ”
patatya -
patat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

patat (noun, neuter)

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

√pat -> patat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √pat class 1 verb]

√pat -> patat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √pat class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √pat class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √pat class 1 verb], [locative single from √pat class 1 verb]

√pat (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
ayamayat -
√yam (verb class 0)

[imperfect active third single]
nena -
na (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

na (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
jaraṭhaḥ -
jaraṭha (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

kāya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ka (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
pallavaḥ -
pallava (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]