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 4.8.24

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धर्मचिन्तापरिभ्रंशात्पुत्रार्थं भोगचिन्तया ।
क्षीणायुषं तमहरन्मृत्युः सर्प इवानिलम् ॥ २४ ॥

dharmacintāparibhraṃśātputrārthaṃ bhogacintayā |
kṣīṇāyuṣaṃ tamaharanmṛtyuḥ sarpa ivānilam || 24 ||

Thus his falling off from the thought of heaven, to those of the earthly aggrandizement of his son, made his shortened life an easy prey to death, as the inhaling of air by the serpent.
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 (4.8.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dharmacinta, Paribhramsha, Putrartha, Bhoga, Cinta, Kshinayus, Tama, Harat, Mrityu, Sarpa, Iva, Anila,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.8.24). 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: “dharmacintāparibhraṃśātputrārthaṃ bhogacintayā ”
dharmacintā -
dharmacintā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
paribhraṃśāt -
paribhraṃśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
putrārtham -
putrārtha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

putrārtha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
bhoga -
bhoga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhoga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cintayā -
cintā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “kṣīṇāyuṣaṃ tamaharanmṛtyuḥ sarpa ivānilam ”
kṣīṇāyuṣam -
kṣīṇāyuṣā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

kṣīṇāyus (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
tama -
tama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
haran -
√hṛ -> harat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √hṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √hṛ class 1 verb]

√hṛ -> harat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √hṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √hṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √hṛ class 1 verb]
mṛtyuḥ -
mṛtyu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sarpa* -
sarpa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
anilam -
anila (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

anilā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√nil (verb class 6)

[imperfect active first single]