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 3.29.5

< Previous

Next >

इहाभूवमहं जीर्णा शिरालाङ्गी कृशा सिता ।
ब्राह्मणी शुष्कदर्भाग्रभेदरूक्षकरोदरा ॥ ५ ॥

ihābhūvamahaṃ jīrṇā śirālāṅgī kṛśā sitā |
brāhmaṇī śuṣkadarbhāgrabhedarūkṣakarodarā || 5 ||

Here I had grown up to old age, and here I had withered and become lean and thin as a skeleton. I was a Brahmani here, and had my body scratched by the dried sacrificial grass (kusa), which I had to meddle with.
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 (3.29.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iha, Aha, Asmad, Jirna, Shirala, Angin, Angi, Krisha, Sita, Brahmani, Shushka, Darbha, Grabha, Ruksha, Karas, Kara, Dara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.29.5). 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: “ihābhūvamahaṃ jīrṇā śirālāṅgī kṛśā sitā ”
ihā -
iha (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
abhūvam -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[aorist active first single]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

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

[nominative single]

√jṝ -> jīrṇā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √jṝ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √jṝ class 4 verb], [nominative single from √jṝ class 9 verb]
śirālā -
śirāla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śirāla (noun, neuter)

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

[compound]

aṅgī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

aṅgin (noun, masculine)

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

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

[nominative single]

√sā -> sitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √sā class 4 verb]

√si -> sitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √si class 5 verb], [nominative single from √si class 9 verb]
Line 2: “brāhmaṇī śuṣkadarbhāgrabhedarūkṣakarodarā ”
brāhmaṇī -
brāhmaṇī (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

śuṣka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√śuṣ -> śuṣka (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √śuṣ class 4 verb], [vocative single from √śuṣ class 6 verb]

√śuṣ -> śuṣka (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √śuṣ class 4 verb], [vocative single from √śuṣ class 6 verb]
darbhā -
darbhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
grabhe -
grabha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
da -
da (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

da (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

rūkṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
karo -
karas (noun, neuter)

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

kara (noun, masculine)

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

[nominative single]