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 4.23.13

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आस्यस्फारवदादृष्टदन्तास्थिशकलाकुला ।
मुखास्पदाभ्रमज्जिह्वाचण्डीचर्वितभोजना ॥ १३ ॥

āsyasphāravadādṛṣṭadantāsthiśakalākulā |
mukhāspadābhramajjihvācaṇḍīcarvitabhojanā || 13 ||

There is the open mouth like the open doorway, with its tooth-bones slightly seen as its gratings; and the tongue moving in the door way like a naked sword, is as the projecting tongue of the goddess Kali, when she devours her food.
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 (4.23.13). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Asya, Sphara, Vada, Rishta, Danta, Asthi, Shakala, Akula,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.23.13). 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: “āsyasphāravadādṛṣṭadantāsthiśakalākulā ”
āsya -
āsya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

āsya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√ās -> āsya (participle, masculine)

[compound from √ās]

√ās -> āsya (participle, neuter)

[compound from √ās]

√as -> āsya (participle, masculine)

[compound from √as]

√as -> āsya (participle, neuter)

[compound from √as]

√ās -> āsya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √ās]

√ās -> āsya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √ās]

√as -> āsya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √as]

√ās -> āsya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √ās]

√ās -> āsya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √ās]

√as -> āsya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √as]

√as -> āsya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √as]
sphāra -
sphāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sphāra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vadād -
vada (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

vada (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ṛṣṭa -
ṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dantā -
danta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dantā (noun, feminine)

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

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

[compound], [vocative single]

śakala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

śakalā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
akulā -
akulā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “mukhāspadābhramajjihvācaṇḍīcarvitabhojanā ”
Cannot analyse mukhāspadābhramajjihvācaṇḍīcarvitabhojanā