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 3.34.16

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निगिरत्यागताः सेनाः स्रवन्तीरिव सागरः ।
समत्स्यमकरव्यूहा अहो नु विषमो भटः ॥ १६ ॥

nigiratyāgatāḥ senāḥ sravantīriva sāgaraḥ |
samatsyamakaravyūhā aho nu viṣamo bhaṭaḥ || 16 ||

Oh! the stern cannibal of death, says one, that devours in one swoop, whole bodies of the assembled armies, now weltering in blood; and levels the levelling hosts to the ground.
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 (3.34.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Agata, Sena, Sravanti, Iva, Sagara, Samad, Samat, Syama, Karavi, Uha, Ahan, Vishama, Bhata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.34.16). 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: “nigiratyāgatāḥ senāḥ sravantīriva sāgaraḥ ”
ni -
ni (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ni (noun, neuter)

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

ni (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

nī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

nī (noun, neuter)

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

nī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

ni (Preverb)

[Preverb]
giratyā -
√gṝ (verb class 6)

[present active third single]
āgatāḥ -
āgata (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

āgatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
senāḥ -
sena (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

senā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
sravantīr -
sravantī (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]

√sru -> sravantī (participle, feminine)

[accusative plural from √sru class 1 verb]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sāgaraḥ -
sāgara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “samatsyamakaravyūhā aho nu viṣamo bhaṭaḥ ”
samat -
samad (noun, feminine)

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

√sam -> samat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √sam class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sam class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sam class 1 verb]
syama -
syama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

syama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√syam (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
karavyū -
karavī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
ūhā* -
ūha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ūhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
aho* -
ahan (noun, neuter)

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

ahar (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

√has (verb class 1)

[aorist active second single]
nu -
nu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

nu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

nau (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
viṣamo* -
viṣama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhaṭaḥ -
bhaṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]