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 4.11.71

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सुदीर्घजीविताः काश्चित्काश्चिदत्यल्पजीविताः ।
अतुच्छकलनाः काश्चित्काश्चित्तुच्छशरीरकाः ॥ ७१ ॥

sudīrghajīvitāḥ kāścitkāścidatyalpajīvitāḥ |
atucchakalanāḥ kāścitkāścittucchaśarīrakāḥ || 71 ||

Some are long lived and others living for a short duration; some living with higher aims and ambitions, and others with no other care than that of their contemptible bodies, or self-preservation only.
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 (4.11.71). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sudirgha, Jivita, Cit, Atyalpa, Tucchaka, Tuccha, Shariraka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.11.71). 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: “sudīrghajīvitāḥ kāścitkāścidatyalpajīvitāḥ ”
sudīrgha -
sudīrgha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sudīrgha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jīvitāḥ -
jīvita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

jīvitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√jīv -> jīvita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √jīv class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √jīv class 1 verb]

√jīv -> jīvitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √jīv class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √jīv class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √jīv class 1 verb]
kāś -
kās (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
cit -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
kāś -
kās (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
cid -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
atyalpa -
atyalpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

atyalpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jīvitāḥ -
jīvita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

jīvitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√jīv -> jīvita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √jīv class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √jīv class 1 verb]

√jīv -> jīvitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √jīv class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √jīv class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √jīv class 1 verb]
Line 2: “atucchakalanāḥ kāścitkāścittucchaśarīrakāḥ ”
a -
a (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

tucchaka (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
nāḥ -
na (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kāś -
kās (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
cit -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
kāś -
kās (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
cit -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
tuccha -
tuccha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tuccha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śarīrakāḥ -
śarīraka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]