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 1.21.11

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केशकज्जलधारिण्यो दुःस्पर्शा लोचनप्रियाः ।
दुष्कृताग्निशिखा नार्यो दहन्ति तृणवन्नरम् ॥ ११ ॥

keśakajjaladhāriṇyo duḥsparśā locanapriyāḥ |
duṣkṛtāgniśikhā nāryo dahanti tṛṇavannaram || 11 ||

Women are the flames of vice, their black-dyed eye and hairs are as their smoke and soot. They are as intangible as fire, though pleasing to the sight. They burn the man as fire consumes the straw.
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 (1.21.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kesha, Kajjala, Dharini, Duhsparsha, Locana, Pri, Priya, Dushkrit, Dushkrita, Agnishikha, Nari, Narya, Trinavat, Aram, Ara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.21.11). 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: “keśakajjaladhāriṇyo duḥsparśā locanapriyāḥ ”
keśa -
keśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

keśa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kajjala -
kajjala (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kajjala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dhāriṇyo* -
dhāriṇī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

dhārinī (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
duḥsparśā* -
duḥsparśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

duḥsparśā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

locana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
priyāḥ -
prī (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

prī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

priya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

priyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “duṣkṛtāgniśikhā nāryo dahanti tṛṇavannaram ”
duṣkṛtā -
duṣkṛta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

duṣkṛta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

duṣkṛt (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

duṣkṛt (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

duṣkṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
agniśikhā* -
agniśikha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

agniśikhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
nāryo* -
nārī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nārya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√nṝ -> nārya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √nṝ class 9 verb]
dahanti -
√dah (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
tṛṇavann -
tṛṇavat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
aram -
aram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ara (noun, neuter)

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

arā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]