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 1.26.25

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शुष्यन्त्यपि समुद्राश्च शीर्यन्ते तारका अपि ।
सिद्धा अपि विनश्यन्ति कैवास्था मादृशे जने ॥ २५ ॥

śuṣyantyapi samudrāśca śīryante tārakā api |
siddhā api vinaśyanti kaivāsthā mādṛśe jane || 25 ||

What reliance can there be on men like ourselves, when the very seas are liable to be dried up, when the stars are doomed to fade away and disappear, and when the most perfect of beings are liable to dissolution?
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 (1.26.25). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shushyat, Shushyanti, Api, Samudra, Taraka, Siddha, Vina, Shyat, Shyanti, Eva, Tha, Madrish, Madrisha, Jana, Jani,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.26.25). 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: “śuṣyantyapi samudrāśca śīryante tārakā api ”
śuṣyantya -
√śuṣ -> śuṣyat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √śuṣ class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √śuṣ class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √śuṣ class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √śuṣ class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √śuṣ class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √śuṣ class 4 verb]

√śuṣ -> śuṣyantī (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √śuṣ class 4 verb], [vocative single from √śuṣ class 4 verb]

√śuṣ (verb class 4)

[present active third plural]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
samudrāś -
samudra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

samudrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śīryante -
√śṝ (verb class 9)

[present passive third plural]
tārakā* -
tāraka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tārakā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]
Line 2: “siddhā api vinaśyanti kaivāsthā mādṛśe jane ”
siddhā* -
siddha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

siddhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√sidh -> siddha (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √sidh class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √sidh class 4 verb]

√sidh -> siddhā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √sidh class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √sidh class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √sidh class 4 verb]

√sidh -> siddha (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √sidh class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sidh class 1 verb]

√sidh -> siddhā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √sidh class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sidh class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √sidh class 1 verb]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
vina -
vina (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vina (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śyanti -
√śā -> śyat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √śā class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √śā class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √śā class 4 verb]

√śā -> śyantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √śā class 4 verb]

√śā (verb class 4)

[present active third plural]
kai -
kā (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
evās -
eva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

evā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
thā* -
tha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
mādṛśe -
mādṛś (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

mādṛś (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

mādṛśa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

mādṛśa (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
jane -
jana (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

jana (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

janā (noun, feminine)

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

jani (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√jan (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]

√jan (verb class 2)

[present middle first single]