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 3.72.21

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आशिरः पिहिता पङ्कैः पूरितापि महाजलैः ।
विधूतापि बृहद्वातैर्दग्धापि वनवह्निभिः ॥ २१ ॥

āśiraḥ pihitā paṅkaiḥ pūritāpi mahājalaiḥ |
vidhūtāpi bṛhadvātairdagdhāpi vanavahnibhiḥ || 21 ||

The resolute devotee is never to be shaken from his purpose, though he is plunged in the mud or drowned in water, or scattered by the winds and thrown into the burning fire.
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 (3.72.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ashir, Ashira, Pihita, Panka, Purita, Api, Mahaja, Vidhuta, Brihadvata, Dagdhri, Dagdha, Vanavahni,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.72.21). 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: “āśiraḥ pihitā paṅkaiḥ pūritāpi mahājalaiḥ ”
āśiraḥ -
āśir (noun, feminine)

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

āśira (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pihitā -
pihitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
paṅkaiḥ -
paṅka (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

paṅka (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
pūritā -
pūrita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pūrita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√pṝ -> pūrita (participle, masculine)

[compound from √pṝ]

√pṝ -> pūrita (participle, neuter)

[compound from √pṝ]

pūritā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√pṝ -> pūrita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √pṝ]

√pṝ -> pūrita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √pṝ]

√pṝ -> pūritā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √pṝ]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
mahāja -
mahāja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

mahāja (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
laiḥ -
la (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “vidhūtāpi bṛhadvātairdagdhāpi vanavahnibhiḥ ”
vidhūtā -
vidhūta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vidhūta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vidhūtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
bṛhadvātair -
bṛhadvāta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
dagdhā -
dagdha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dagdha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

dagdhṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

dagdhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√dah (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
vanavahnibhiḥ -
vanavahni (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]