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 3.50.28

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दन्तमालेयमस्येव बले चर्वयतः प्रजाः ।
शक्तिमादाय चिक्षेप खङ्गं त्यक्त्वा विदूरथः ॥ २८ ॥

dantamāleyamasyeva bale carvayataḥ prajāḥ |
śaktimādāya cikṣepa khaṅgaṃ tyaktvā vidūrathaḥ || 28 ||

With their denticulated weapons, they tore the bodies of their enemies like fishes crushed under the teeth, when Viduratha dropt down his broken sword, and darted his javelin against his adversary.
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 (3.50.28). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Danta, Ala, Ali, Yama, Iva, Bala, Bali, Carvayat, Praja, Prajas, Shakti, Ada, Adaya, Khanga, Viduratha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.50.28). 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: “dantamāleyamasyeva bale carvayataḥ prajāḥ ”
dantam -
danta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dantā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
āle -
āla (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

āla (noun, neuter)

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

āli (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

āli (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√al (verb class 1)

[imperfect middle first single], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
yamasye -
yama (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

yama (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
bale -
bala (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bala (noun, neuter)

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

balā (noun, feminine)

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

bali (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
carvayataḥ -
carvayat (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

carvayat (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

carvayat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

√carv (verb class 10)

[present active third dual]
prajāḥ -
praja (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

prajā (noun, feminine)

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

prajas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “śaktimādāya cikṣepa khaṅgaṃ tyaktvā vidūrathaḥ ”
śaktim -
śakti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

śakti (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
ādāya -
ādāya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ādāya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

āda (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

āda (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
cikṣepa -
√kṣip (verb class 4)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√kṣip (verb class 6)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
khaṅgam -
khaṅga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

khaṅga (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tyaktvā -
√tyaj -> tyaktvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tyaj]
vidūrathaḥ -
vidūratha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]