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 1.23.6

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महतामपि नो देवः प्रतिपालयति क्षणम् ।
कालः कवलितानन्तविश्वो विश्वात्मतां गतः ॥ ६ ॥

mahatāmapi no devaḥ pratipālayati kṣaṇam |
kālaḥ kavalitānantaviśvo viśvātmatāṃ gataḥ || 6 ||

Time as master of all, spares not even the greatest of us for a moment. He swallows the universe within himself, whence he is known as the universal soul.
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 (1.23.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mahat, Mahata, Api, Asmad, Deva, Devri, Pratipala, Yat, Yati, Kshanam, Kshana, Kala, Kavalita, Anta, Vishva, Gat, Gata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.23.6). 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: “mahatāmapi no devaḥ pratipālayati kṣaṇam ”
mahatām -
mahat (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

mahat (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

mahatā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

√mah (verb class 1)

[imperative active third dual]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
no* -
na (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
devaḥ -
deva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

devṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
pratipāla -
pratipāla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pratipāla (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [adverb]

yatin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

yati (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

yatī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

yat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> yatī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
kṣaṇam -
kṣaṇam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

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

kṣaṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “kālaḥ kavalitānantaviśvo viśvātmatāṃ gataḥ ”
kālaḥ -
kāla (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kavalitān -
kavalita (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
anta -
anta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

anta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√ant (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
viśvo* -
viśva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
viśvātma -
viśvātman (noun, masculine)

[compound]
tām -
tā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
gataḥ -
gat (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

gat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

gata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]