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 3.77.5

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सुवयस्येव कर्कट्याः परिनृत्यत्पिशाचिका ।
मत्तवेतालकङ्कालकाष्ठमौनमिवास्थिता ॥ ५ ॥

suvayasyeva karkaṭyāḥ parinṛtyatpiśācikā |
mattavetālakaṅkālakāṣṭhamaunamivāsthitā || 5 ||

Karkati beheld a band of Pisachis, dancing about her as her companions; but she became motionless as a block of wood, on seeing the giddy Vetalas, moving about with human skeletons in their hands.
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 (3.77.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Suvayas, Eva, Karkati, Pari, Nrityat, Pishacika, Matta, Vetala, Kankalaka, Tha, Mauna, Iva, Asthita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.77.5). 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: “suvayasyeva karkaṭyāḥ parinṛtyatpiśācikā ”
suvayasye -
suvayas (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
karkaṭyāḥ -
karkaṭi (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

karkaṭī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
pari -
pari (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

pari (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pari (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

pari (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

pari (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

parī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

parī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

parī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
nṛtyat -
√nṛt -> nṛtyat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √nṛt class 4 verb], [vocative single from √nṛt class 4 verb], [accusative single from √nṛt class 4 verb]
piśācikā -
piśācikā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “mattavetālakaṅkālakāṣṭhamaunamivāsthitā ”
matta -
matta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

matta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√mad -> matta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √mad class 1 verb], [vocative single from √mad class 3 verb], [vocative single from √mad class 4 verb]

√mad -> matta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √mad class 1 verb], [vocative single from √mad class 3 verb], [vocative single from √mad class 4 verb]
vetāla -
vetāla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
kaṅkālakāṣ -
kaṅkālaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
ṭha -
ṭha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
maunam -
mauna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mauna (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
asthitā -
asthitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]