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 1.26.40

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उत्पन्नध्वंसिनः कालवडवानलपातिनः ।
संख्यातुं केन शक्यन्ते कल्लोला जीविताम्बुधौ ॥ ४० ॥

utpannadhvaṃsinaḥ kālavaḍavānalapātinaḥ |
saṃkhyātuṃ kena śakyante kallolā jīvitāmbudhau || 40 ||

Who can count the number of beings resembling the waves of the ocean, and on whom death has been darting the submarine fire of destruction.
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 (1.26.40). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Utpanna, Dhvamsin, Kala, Vadavanala, Patin, Sankhya, Kena, Kah, Kim, Kallola, Jivita, Budha, Budh,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.26.40). 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: “utpannadhvaṃsinaḥ kālavaḍavānalapātinaḥ ”
utpanna -
utpanna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

utpanna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dhvaṃsinaḥ -
dhvaṃsin (noun, masculine)

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

dhvaṃsin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
kāla -
kāla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kāla (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

vaḍavānala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pātinaḥ -
pātin (noun, masculine)

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

pātin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “saṃkhyātuṃ kena śakyante kallolā jīvitāmbudhau ”
saṅkhyāt -
saṅkhya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

saṅkhya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
um -
u (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
kena -
kena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kena (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kena (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ka (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ka (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
śakyante -
√śak (verb class 5)

[present passive third plural]
kallolā* -
kallola (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kallolā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
jīvitām -
jīvitā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

√jīv -> jīvitā (participle, feminine)

[accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
budhau -
budha (noun, masculine)

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

budh (noun, masculine)

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