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 1.28.37

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बाल्यमल्पदिनैरेव यौवनश्रीस्ततो जरा ।
देहेऽपि नैकरूपत्वं कास्था बाह्येषु वस्तुषु ॥ ३७ ॥

bālyamalpadinaireva yauvanaśrīstato jarā |
dehe'pi naikarūpatvaṃ kāsthā bāhyeṣu vastuṣu || 37 ||

Boyhood lasts but a few days, and then it is succeeded by youth which is as quickly followed by old age: thus there being no identity of the same person, how can one rely on the uniformity of external objects?
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 (1.28.37). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Balya, Bali, Alpadina, Eva, Yauvanashri, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Jara, Deha, Api, Naikarupatva, Tha, Bahya, Vastu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.28.37). 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: “bālyamalpadinaireva yauvanaśrīstato jarā ”
bālyam -
bālya (noun, neuter)

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

bālī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
alpadinair -
alpadina (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

alpadina (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yauvanaśrīs -
yauvanaśrī (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
tato* -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
jarā -
jarā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “dehe'pi naikarūpatvaṃ kāsthā bāhyeṣu vastuṣu ”
dehe' -
deha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

deha (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
naikarūpatvam -
naikarūpatva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

naikarūpatva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
kās -
kās (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

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

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
bāhyeṣu -
bāhya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

bāhya (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
vastuṣu -
vastu (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]

vastu (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]