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 3.43.46

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स्त्रीणां ज्वालालवाः पश्य लिहन्त्यलकवल्लरीः ।
कुर्वन्तोऽशोकपुष्पाभां करभा इव पन्नगीः ॥ ४६ ॥

strīṇāṃ jvālālavāḥ paśya lihantyalakavallarīḥ |
kurvanto'śokapuṣpābhāṃ karabhā iva pannagīḥ || 46 ||

The red taints and spots of alakavali, blazed as asoka flowers upon their foreheads and cheeks.
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 (3.43.46). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Stri, Jvala, Alava, Pashya, Lihat, Alaka, Vallari, Kurvat, Ashoka, Pushpa, Karabha, Iva, Pannagi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.43.46). 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: “strīṇāṃ jvālālavāḥ paśya lihantyalakavallarīḥ ”
strīṇām -
strī (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
jvālā -
jvāla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

jvāla (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

jvālā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ālavāḥ -
ālava (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
paśya -
paśya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

paśya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√paś -> paśya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √paś class 10 verb]

√paś -> paśya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √paś class 10 verb]
lihantya -
√lih -> lihat (participle, neuter)

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

√lih (verb class 2)

[present active third plural]
alaka -
alaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

alaka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vallarīḥ -
vallari (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]

vallarī (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]
Line 2: “kurvanto'śokapuṣpābhāṃ karabhā iva pannagīḥ ”
kurvanto' -
kurvat (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

√kṛ -> kurvat (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb]
aśoka -
aśoka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aśoka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
puṣpā -
puṣpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

puṣpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

puṣpā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
abhām -
√bhā (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first single]
karabhā* -
karabha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

karabhā (noun, feminine)

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

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
pannagīḥ -
pannagī (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]