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 3.4.30

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यमकायोपमाश्यामा ययौ तिमिरमांसला ।
आययौ मिहिकास्फारा तत्र तेषामुषः शनैः ॥ ३० ॥

yamakāyopamāśyāmā yayau timiramāṃsalā |
āyayau mihikāsphārā tatra teṣāmuṣaḥ śanaiḥ || 30 ||

As the thick darkness of night, resembling the dark complexion of death, receded from the arena of the skies, there followed close on its foot-steps the dewy dawn of the day with her slow moving pace.
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 (3.4.30). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yamaka, Upama, Ashyama, Yayi, Yayu, Timira, Mihika, Tatra, Tad, Ush, Usha, Ushas, Shanaih, Shana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.4.30). 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: “yamakāyopamāśyāmā yayau timiramāṃsalā ”
yamakāyo -
yamaka (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

yamaka (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
upamā -
upama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

upama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

upamā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
āśyāmā* -
āśyāma (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

āśyāmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yayau -
yayi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yayi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

yayu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yayu (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

√yā (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
timiram -
timira (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

timira (noun, neuter)

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

timirā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
āṃ -
ā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

o (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
lā -
lā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “āyayau mihikāsphārā tatra teṣāmuṣaḥ śanaiḥ ”
āyayau -
mihikā -
mihikā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
āsphārā -
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
teṣām -
tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
uṣaḥ -
uṣas (noun, feminine)

[compound], [vocative single]

uṣas (noun, neuter)

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

uṣ (noun, feminine)

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

uṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śanaiḥ -
śanaiḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

śana (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

śana (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]