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 4.7.3

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स्वःश्रियं स समालोक्य लोललोचनवाञ्छिताम् ।
स्त्रैणं द्रष्टुं जगामासौ नलिनीमिव सारसः ॥ ३ ॥

svaḥśriyaṃ sa samālokya lolalocanavāñchitām |
straiṇaṃ draṣṭuṃ jagāmāsau nalinīmiva sārasaḥ || 3 ||

He looked with rapture on the beauty of his own person, and longed to see the lovely beauties of heavenly beings, as the swan is eager to meet the lotuses of the lake.
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 (4.7.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sva, Shri, Shriya, Samalokya, Lolalocana, Vanchita, Straina, Asi, Asu, Adah, Nalini, Iva, Sarasa, Saras,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.7.3). 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: “svaḥśriyaṃ sa samālokya lolalocanavāñchitām ”
svaḥ -
sva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[present active first dual]
śriyam -
śriyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

śriya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śriya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

śrī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

śrī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
samālokya -
samālokya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
lolalocana -
lolalocana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

lolalocana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vāñchitām -
vāñchitā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

√vāñch -> vāñchitā (participle, feminine)

[accusative single from √vāñch class 1 verb]
Line 2: “straiṇaṃ draṣṭuṃ jagāmāsau nalinīmiva sārasaḥ ”
straiṇam -
straiṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

straiṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
draṣṭum -
√dṛś -> draṣṭum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √dṛś]
jagāmā -
√gā (verb class 3)

[imperative active first plural]

√gam (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√gam (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√gam (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
asau -
asi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

asi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

asu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
nalinīm -
nalinī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sārasaḥ -
sārasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sāras (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]