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 3.113.14

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गृह्यमाणापि हस्तेन ग्रहीतुं नैव युज्यते ।
मृद्वप्यत्यन्ततीक्ष्णाग्रा निर्झरोर्मिरिवोत्थिता ॥ १४ ॥

gṛhyamāṇāpi hastena grahītuṃ naiva yujyate |
mṛdvapyatyantatīkṣṇāgrā nirjharormirivotthitā || 14 ||

This world is as volatile as the air and water flying in the air, and hardly to be tangible or held fast in the hand; and as precipitous as the water-fall in its course.
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 (3.113.14). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Grihyamana, Api, Hasta, Naiva, Mridu, Apya, Atyanta, Tikshnagra, Nirjhara, Urmin, Urmi, Iva, Utthita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.113.14). 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: “gṛhyamāṇāpi hastena grahītuṃ naiva yujyate ”
gṛhyamāṇā -
√grah -> gṛhyamāṇa (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √grah class 9 verb]

√grah -> gṛhyamāṇa (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √grah class 9 verb]

√grah -> gṛhyamāṇā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √grah class 9 verb]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
hastena -
hasta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

hasta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
grahītum -
√grah -> grahītum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √grah]
naiva -
naiva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
yujyate -
√yuj (verb class 7)

[present passive third single]
Line 2: “mṛdvapyatyantatīkṣṇāgrā nirjharormirivotthitā ”
mṛdva -
mṛdu (noun, masculine)

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

mṛdu (noun, neuter)

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

mṛdū (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
apya -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

apya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ap (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
atyanta -
atyanta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

atyanta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tīkṣṇāgrā* -
tīkṣṇāgra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tīkṣṇāgrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
nirjharo -
nirjhara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ūrmi -
ūrmin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ūrmin (noun, neuter)

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

ūrmī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

ūrmī (noun, feminine)

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

ūrmī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ri -
ṛ (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

rī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

rai (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
ivo -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
utthitā -
utthitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]