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 1.23.4

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न तदस्तीह यदयं कालः सकलघस्मरः ।
ग्रसते तज्जगज्जातं प्रोत्थाब्धिमिव वाडवः ॥ ४ ॥

na tadastīha yadayaṃ kālaḥ sakalaghasmaraḥ |
grasate tajjagajjātaṃ protthābdhimiva vāḍavaḥ || 4 ||

There is nothing in this world which the all-devouring time will spare. He devours all things as the submarine fire consumes the over-flowing sea.
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 (1.23.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Sti, Iha, Yat, Yad, Aya, Idam, Kala, Sakala, Ghasmara, Grasat, Prottha, Abdhi, Iva, Vadava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.23.4). 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: “na tadastīha yadayaṃ kālaḥ sakalaghasmaraḥ ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
stī -
sti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iha -
iha (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
yad -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

yat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kālaḥ -
kāla (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

sakala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ghasmaraḥ -
ghasmara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “grasate tajjagajjātaṃ protthābdhimiva vāḍavaḥ ”
grasate -
√gras -> grasat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √gras class 1 verb]

√gras -> grasat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √gras class 1 verb]

grasat (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

grasat (noun, feminine)

[dative single]

grasat (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

√gras (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]
Cannot analyse tajjagajjātam*pr
protthā -
√proth -> prottha (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √proth class 1 verb]

√proth -> prottha (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √proth class 1 verb]

√proth -> protthā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √proth class 1 verb]
abdhim -
abdhi (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vāḍavaḥ -
vāḍava (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]