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 3.56.2

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जीर्णपर्णसवर्णाभः क्षीणपाण्डुमुखच्छविः ।
भृङ्गध्वनितसच्छायश्वासकूजाविकूणितः ॥ २ ॥

jīrṇaparṇasavarṇābhaḥ kṣīṇapāṇḍumukhacchaviḥ |
bhṛṅgadhvanitasacchāyaśvāsakūjāvikūṇitaḥ || 2 ||

His body became as lean as a dry leaf, and his face turned as ghastly as the figure of death; his throat gurgled as the hoarsest beetles, and his lungs breathed with a bated breath.
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 (3.56.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jirnaparna, Savarnabha, Kshina, Pandumukha, Ccha, Bhringa, Dhvanita, Sacchaya, Shvasa, Kuja, Avikunita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.56.2). 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: “jīrṇaparṇasavarṇābhaḥ kṣīṇapāṇḍumukhacchaviḥ ”
jīrṇaparṇa -
jīrṇaparṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
savarṇābhaḥ -
savarṇābha (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

kṣīṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kṣī -> kṣīṇa (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √kṣī class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kṣī class 5 verb], [vocative single from √kṣī class 9 verb]

√kṣī -> kṣīṇa (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √kṣī class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kṣī class 5 verb], [vocative single from √kṣī class 9 verb]
pāṇḍumukha -
pāṇḍumukha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pāṇḍumukha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ccha -
ccha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ccha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
viḥ -
vi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “bhṛṅgadhvanitasacchāyaśvāsakūjāvikūṇitaḥ ”
bhṛṅga -
bhṛṅga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhṛṅga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dhvanita -
dhvanita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dhvanita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sacchāya -
sacchāya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sacchāya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śvāsa -
śvāsa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
kūjā -
kūja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kūj (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
avikūṇitaḥ -
avikūṇita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]