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 2.14.25

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बालस्य स्वमनोमोहकल्पितः प्राणहारकः ।
रात्रौ नभसि वेतालो विचारेण विलीयते ॥ २५ ॥

bālasya svamanomohakalpitaḥ prāṇahārakaḥ |
rātrau nabhasi vetālo vicāreṇa vilīyate || 25 ||

Reasoning serves to destroy the false apparitions of errors which present themselves to the minds of boys like ghosts in the sky at night.
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 (2.14.25). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bala, Svamat, Oma, Oman, Uha, Kalpita, Pranaharaka, Ratrau, Ratra, Nabhas, Vetala, Vicara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.14.25). 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: “bālasya svamanomohakalpitaḥ prāṇahārakaḥ ”
bālasya -
bāla (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

bāla (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
svaman -
svamat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
omo -
oma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

oman (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]
ūha -
ūha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√uh (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]

√ūh (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]

√vah (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
kalpitaḥ -
kalpita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√kḷp -> kalpita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kḷp]
prāṇahārakaḥ -
prāṇahāraka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “rātrau nabhasi vetālo vicāreṇa vilīyate ”
rātrau -
rātrau (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

rātra (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
nabhasi -
nabhas (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

nabhas (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√nabh (verb class 1)

[present active second single]
vetālo* -
vetāla (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vicāreṇa -
vicāra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
vi -
vi (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

vi (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

vi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vi (noun, neuter)

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

ve (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

vī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

vī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

vī (noun, neuter)

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

vi (Preverb)

[Preverb]
līyate -
√lī (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√lī (verb class 4)

[present middle third single], [present passive third single]

√lī (verb class 9)

[present passive third single]