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 1.24.8

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अलाबुवीणामधुरः शरद्व्योमलसच्छविः ।
देवः किल महाकालो लीलाकोकिलबालकः ॥ ८ ॥

alābuvīṇāmadhuraḥ śaradvyomalasacchaviḥ |
devaḥ kila mahākālo līlākokilabālakaḥ || 8 ||

The Mahakala like a playful young Kokila (cuckoo), appears in the figure of the blue autumnal sky, and warbling as sweet as the notes of a lute of gourd.
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 (1.24.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Alabuvina, Adhura, Sharad, Vyoman, Vyoma, Lasat, Sha, Deva, Devri, Kila, Mahakala, Lila, Kokila, Balaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.24.8). 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: “alābuvīṇāmadhuraḥ śaradvyomalasacchaviḥ ”
alābuvīṇām -
alābuvīṇā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
adhuraḥ -
adhura (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śarad -
śarad (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
vyoma -
vyoman (noun, masculine)

[compound]

vyoman (noun, neuter)

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

vyoma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
lasacch -
√las -> lasat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √las class 1 verb], [vocative single from √las class 1 verb], [accusative single from √las class 1 verb]
śa -
śa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
viḥ -
vi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “devaḥ kila mahākālo līlākokilabālakaḥ ”
devaḥ -
deva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

devṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
kila -
kila (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

kila (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kil (verb class 6)

[imperative active second single]
mahākālo* -
mahākāla (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
līlā -
līlā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
bālakaḥ -
bālaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]