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 1.26.9

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आयुरत्यन्तचपलं मृत्युरेकान्तनिष्ठुरः ।
तारुण्यं चातितरलं बाल्यं जडतया हृतम् ॥ ९ ॥

āyuratyantacapalaṃ mṛtyurekāntaniṣṭhuraḥ |
tāruṇyaṃ cātitaralaṃ bālyaṃ jaḍatayā hṛtam || 9 ||

Life is very unsteady. Death is very cruel. Youth is very frail and fickle, and boyhood is full of dullness and insensibility.
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 (1.26.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ayu, Ayus, Atyanta, Capalam, Capala, Mrityu, Ekanta, Nishthura, Tarunya, Catita, Balya, Bali, Jadata, Hrit, Hrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.26.9). 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: “āyuratyantacapalaṃ mṛtyurekāntaniṣṭhuraḥ ”
āyur -
āyus (noun, masculine)

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

āyus (noun, neuter)

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

āyu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

āyu (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

atyanta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
capalam -
capalam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

capala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

capala (noun, neuter)

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

capalā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
mṛtyur -
mṛtyu (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

ekānta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
niṣṭhuraḥ -
niṣṭhura (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “tāruṇyaṃ cātitaralaṃ bālyaṃ jaḍatayā hṛtam ”
tāruṇyam -
tāruṇya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
cātita -
√cat -> cātita (participle, masculine)

[compound from √cat]

√cat -> cātita (participle, neuter)

[compound from √cat]

√cat -> cātita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √cat]

√cat -> cātita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √cat]
ralam -
ralā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
bālyam -
bālya (noun, neuter)

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

bālī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
jaḍatayā -
jaḍatā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
hṛtam -
hṛta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

hṛta (noun, neuter)

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

hṛtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

hṛt (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

√hṛ -> hṛta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √hṛ class 1 verb]

√hṛ -> hṛta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √hṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √hṛ class 1 verb]