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 2.3.16

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तदन्तरन्ये पुरुषास्तेवामन्तस्तथेतरे ।
संसार इति भान्तीमे कदलीदलपीठवत् ॥ १६ ॥

tadantaranye puruṣāstevāmantastathetare |
saṃsāra iti bhāntīme kadalīdalapīṭhavat || 16 ||

After one's shuffling off his body, he assumes another and then another form, and thus the world is as unstable as a stool made of plantain leaves and its coatings.
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 (2.3.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tadanta, Purusha, Amantri, Tatha, Itara, Samsara, Iti, Iyam, Idam,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.3.16). 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: “tadantaranye puruṣāstevāmantastathetare ”
tadanta -
tadanta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tadanta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ranye -
√ran (verb class 1)

[present passive first single]

√ran (verb class 4)

[present middle first single], [present passive first single]
puruṣās -
puruṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

puruṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tevā -
√tev (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
amantas -
amantṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
tathe -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

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

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
itare -
itara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

itara (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

itarā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “saṃsāra iti bhāntīme kadalīdalapīṭhavat ”
saṃsāra* -
saṃsāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
bhāntī -
√bhā (verb class 2)

[present active third plural]
ime -
iyam (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

idam (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
Cannot analyse kadalīdalapīṭhavat