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 3.87.3

जक्षुस्तान्देहकांस्तत्र क्रव्यादा वनवासिनः ।
इतश्चेतश्च लुठितान्सुफलानीव मर्कटाः ॥ ३ ॥

jakṣustāndehakāṃstatra kravyādā vanavāsinaḥ |
itaścetaśca luṭhitānsuphalānīva markaṭāḥ || 3 ||

Their dead bodies were devoured by the voracious beasts of the forest, or tossed about as some ripe fruits by the monkeys on the hills,

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.87.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Deha, Kah, Tatra, Kravyada, Kravyadas, Vanavasin, Vanavasina, Itah, Ita, Cetri, Cetas, Ceta, Luthita, Suphala, Iva, Markata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.87.3). 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: “jakṣustāndehakāṃstatra kravyādā vanavāsinaḥ
  • jakṣus -
  • ghas (verb class 1)
    [perfect active third plural]
  • tān -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • deha -
  • deha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    deha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dah (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • kāṃs -
  • ka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • kravyādā* -
  • kravyāda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kravyādā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    kravyādas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vanavāsinaḥ -
  • vanavāsin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vanavāsin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vanavāsina (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “itaścetaśca luṭhitānsuphalānīva markaṭāḥ
  • itaś -
  • itaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    i -> ita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [present active third dual]
  • cetaś -
  • cetas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cetṛ (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    ceta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • luṭhitān -
  • luṭhita (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    luṭh -> luṭhita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √luṭh class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √luṭh class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √luṭh class 10 verb]
  • suphalānī -
  • suphala (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • markaṭāḥ -
  • markaṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.87.3

Cover of edition (1891)

Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)

[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.

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Preview of verse 3.87.3 in Gujarati sript:
જક્ષુસ્તાન્દેહકાંસ્તત્ર ક્રવ્યાદા વનવાસિનઃ ।
ઇતશ્ચેતશ્ચ લુઠિતાન્સુફલાનીવ મર્કટાઃ ॥ ૩ ॥

Cover of edition (2019)

Vasishtha Rama Samvadam (Telugu)
by Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad (2019)

Set of 4 Volumes; 9789383972142.

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Preview of verse 3.87.3 in Telugu sript:
జక్షుస్తాన్దేహకాంస్తత్ర క్రవ్యాదా వనవాసినః ।
ఇతశ్చేతశ్చ లుఠితాన్సుఫలానీవ మర్కటాః ॥ ౩ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

The Yogavasistha (Hindi translation)
by Khemraj Shrikrishnadass (2009)

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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