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 3.113.28

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मुहूर्तो वत्सरश्रेणी लवणस्यानया कृता ।
रात्रिर्द्वादशवर्षाणि हरिश्चन्द्रस्य निर्मिता ॥ २८ ॥

muhūrto vatsaraśreṇī lavaṇasyānayā kṛtā |
rātrirdvādaśavarṣāṇi hariścandrasya nirmitā || 28 ||

It was delusion which made one minute, appear as many years to king Lavana; and the space of one night, seem as the long period of a dozen of years to Haris chandra.
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 (3.113.28). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Muhurta, Vatsara, Shreni, Lavana, Iyam, Idam, Krit, Krita, Rat, Dvadashavarsha, Harishcandra, Nirmita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.113.28). 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: “muhūrto vatsaraśreṇī lavaṇasyānayā kṛtā ”
muhūrto* -
muhūrta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vatsara -
vatsara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
śreṇī -
śreṇī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

śreṇi (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
lavaṇasyā -
lavaṇa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

lavaṇa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
anayā -
iyam (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

idam (pronoun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
kṛtā -
kṛt (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

kṛt (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

kṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√kṛ -> kṛtā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
Line 2: “rātrirdvādaśavarṣāṇi hariścandrasya nirmitā ”
rāt -
ra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

ra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√rā -> rāt (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √rā class 2 verb], [vocative single from √rā class 2 verb], [accusative single from √rā class 2 verb]
ri -
ṛ (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

rī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

rai (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
ir -
i (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dvādaśavarṣāṇi -
dvādaśavarṣa (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
hariścandrasya -
hariścandra (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

hariścandra (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
nirmitā -
nirmitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]