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 3.70.57

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अकस्मात्तेन रूढेन क्षीणपूरेण रूपिणी ।
हृदये राक्षसी सूचिः कर्मणा तप्यते च सा ॥ ५७ ॥

akasmāttena rūḍhena kṣīṇapūreṇa rūpiṇī |
hṛdaye rākṣasī sūciḥ karmaṇā tapyate ca sā || 57 ||

At last Suchi came to find on a sudden, the fault of her wrong choice of the puny body (of the needle); which was to be filled with her scanty fare of a bit of thread, and then she began to repent for her folly.
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 (3.70.57). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Akasmat, Tad, Tena, Rudha, Kshina, Pura, Rupin, Rupini, Hridaya, Rakshasi, Rakshasin, Suci, Karman, Tapyati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.70.57). 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: “akasmāttena rūḍhena kṣīṇapūreṇa rūpiṇī ”
akasmāt -
akasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tena -
tena (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

√tan (verb class 8)

[perfect active second plural]

√tan (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]

√tan (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
rūḍhena -
rūḍha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

rūḍha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

√ruh -> rūḍha (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √ruh class 1 verb]

√ruh -> rūḍha (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √ruh class 1 verb]
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]
pūreṇa -
pūra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

pūra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
rūpiṇī -
rūpiṇī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

rūpiṇī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

rūpin (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “hṛdaye rākṣasī sūciḥ karmaṇā tapyate ca sā ”
hṛdaye -
hṛdaya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

hṛdaya (noun, neuter)

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

hṛdayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
rākṣasī -
rākṣasī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

rākṣasin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sūciḥ -
sūci (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

sūci (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
karmaṇā -
karman (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
tapyate -
tapyati (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√tap (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√tap (verb class 4)

[present middle third single], [present passive third single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sā -
sā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]