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 3.34.15

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गीर्वाणगणगोष्ठीषु प्रवृत्ताः संकथा मिथः ।
कदा लोकान्तरं धीराः कथं यास्यन्ति के कुतः ॥ १५ ॥

gīrvāṇagaṇagoṣṭhīṣu pravṛttāḥ saṃkathā mithaḥ |
kadā lokāntaraṃ dhīrāḥ kathaṃ yāsyanti ke kutaḥ || 15 ||

The eloquent among the spectators were talking to one another, about the frailty of human life, and the uncertainty of the time of their meeting in the next world.
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 (3.34.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Girvana, Gana, Goshthi, Pravritta, Sankatha, Mithah, Kada, Lokantara, Dhira, Katham, Katha, Yasyat, Yasyanti, Kah, Kim, Kutah, Kuta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.34.15). 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: “gīrvāṇagaṇagoṣṭhīṣu pravṛttāḥ saṃkathā mithaḥ ”
gīrvāṇa -
gīrvāṇa (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
goṣṭhīṣu -
goṣṭhī (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]
pravṛttāḥ -
pravṛtta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

pravṛttā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
saṅkathā* -
saṅkathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
mithaḥ -
mithaḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

mithaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “kadā lokāntaraṃ dhīrāḥ kathaṃ yāsyanti ke kutaḥ ”
kadā* -
kada (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
lokāntaram -
lokāntara (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
dhīrāḥ -
dhīra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

dhīrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
yāsyanti -
√yā -> yāsyat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √yā class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √yā class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √yā class 2 verb]

√yā -> yāsyantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √yā class 2 verb]

√yā (verb class 2)

[future active third plural]
ke -
ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

ka (noun, neuter)

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

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
kutaḥ -
kutaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kutaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kuta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]