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 3.49.13

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संध्यायामथ भीत्येव दिवसः श्यामतां ययौ ।
पिशाचा भुवनं जग्मुरन्धकारभरा इव ॥ १३ ॥

saṃdhyāyāmatha bhītyeva divasaḥ śyāmatāṃ yayau |
piśācā bhuvanaṃ jagmurandhakārabharā iva || 13 ||

They filled the firmament with the darkness of their bodies, and made the daylight turn to the shade of night, as if it were for fear of them.
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 (3.49.13). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sandhya, Atha, Bhiti, Bhitya, Eva, Divasa, Shyamata, Yayi, Yayu, Pishaca, Bhuvana, Andhakara, Bhara, 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 3.49.13). 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: “saṃdhyāyāmatha bhītyeva divasaḥ śyāmatāṃ yayau ”
sandhyāyām -
sandhyā (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
bhītye -
bhīti (noun, feminine)

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

bhītī (noun, feminine)

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

bhītya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhītya (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
divasaḥ -
divasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śyāmatām -
śyāmatā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
yayau -
yayi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yayi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

yayu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yayu (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

√yā (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “piśācā bhuvanaṃ jagmurandhakārabharā iva ”
piśācā* -
piśāca (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

piśācā (noun, feminine)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]

bhuvana (noun, neuter)

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

bhuvanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
jagmur -
√gam (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]

√gam (verb class 2)

[perfect active third plural]

√gam (verb class 3)

[perfect active third plural]
andhakāra -
andhakāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
bharā* -
bhara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bharā (noun, feminine)

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

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]