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 3.37.56

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द्विपयो बाहुधानानां क्षणेनादाय मस्तकम् ।
भल्लैः पलाय्याशु गता विलूनकमला इव ॥ ५६ ॥

dvipayo bāhudhānānāṃ kṣaṇenādāya mastakam |
bhallaiḥ palāyyāśu gatā vilūnakamalā iva || 56 ||

The elephant drivers, that struck off the heads of their hosts in a trice, were pursued by the harpooners, and fled with their severed heads, as they do with the lotus-flowers plucked by their hands.
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 (3.37.56). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dvipa, Yah, Dhana, Kshana, Ada, Mastakam, Mastaka, Bhalla, Palayin, Ashu, Gata, Viluna, Kamala, Iva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.37.56). 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: “dvipayo bāhudhānānāṃ kṣaṇenādāya mastakam ”
dvipa -
dvipa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
yo* -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bāhu -
bāhu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
dhānānām -
dhāna (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

dhāna (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

dhānā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
kṣaṇenā -
kṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

kṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
adāya -
ada (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

ada (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
mastakam -
mastakam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

mastaka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
Line 2: “bhallaiḥ palāyyāśu gatā vilūnakamalā iva ”
bhallaiḥ -
bhalla (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

bhalla (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
palāyyā -
palāyin (noun, masculine)

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

palāyin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
āśu -
āśu (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

āśu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

āśu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

āśu (noun, neuter)

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

āśu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
gatā* -
gata (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

gatā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

vilūna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kamalā* -
kamala (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kamalā (noun, feminine)

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

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]