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 3.49.35

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वेतालास्त्रं ततो दत्ते तेनोत्तस्थुः शवव्रजाः ।
अमूर्धानः समूर्धानो वेताला वेशवल्लिताः ॥ ३५ ॥

vetālāstraṃ tato datte tenottasthuḥ śavavrajāḥ |
amūrdhānaḥ samūrdhāno vetālā veśavallitāḥ || 35 ||

He darted his Vetala weapon, which made the dead bodies, whether with or without their heads, to rise up in a body in their ghastly shapes.
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 (3.49.35). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vetala, Tra, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Datta, Datti, Shava, Vraja, Adah, Dhana, Vesha, Vallita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.49.35). 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: “vetālāstraṃ tato datte tenottasthuḥ śavavrajāḥ ”
vetālās -
vetāla (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vetālā (noun, feminine)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]

tra (noun, neuter)

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

trā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tato* -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
datte -
datta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

datta (noun, neuter)

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

dattā (noun, feminine)

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

datti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√dā (verb class 3)

[present middle third single]
Cannot analyse tenottasthuḥ*śa
śava -
śava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√śav (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]

√śu (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
vrajāḥ -
vraja (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 2: “amūrdhānaḥ samūrdhāno vetālā veśavallitāḥ ”
amūr -
adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
dhānaḥ -
dhāna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sam -
sa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ūr -
ū (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]

ū (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
dhāno* -
dhāna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vetālā* -
vetāla (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vetālā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

√viś (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
vallitāḥ -
√vall -> vallita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √vall class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vall class 1 verb]

√vall -> vallitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √vall class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vall class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √vall class 1 verb]

vallitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]