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 4.23.38

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क्षपितानखिलान्लोकान्दुःखक्रकचदारितान् ।
वल्लीवनस्थान्नभसः पृष्ठादर्क इवेक्षते ॥ ३८ ॥

kṣapitānakhilānlokānduḥkhakrakacadāritān |
vallīvanasthānnabhasaḥ pṛṣṭhādarka ivekṣate || 38 ||

The sage, like the sun, looks down from above the atmosphere of the earth, on the hosts of mortals that have been hewn down by misery, like heaps of brambles and branches scattered in the woods.
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 (4.23.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kshapita, Akhila, Loka, Duhkha, Krakaca, Darita, Valli, Vanastha, Bhasa, Prishtha, Arka, Iva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.23.38). 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: “kṣapitānakhilānlokānduḥkhakrakacadāritān ”
kṣapitān -
kṣapita (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

√kṣap -> kṣapita (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √kṣap class 10 verb]

√kṣī -> kṣapita (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √kṣī]
akhilān -
akhila (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
lokān -
loka (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
duḥkha -
duḥkha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

duḥkha (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

krakaca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dāritān -
dārita (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

√dṝ -> dārita (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √dṝ]
Line 2: “vallīvanasthānnabhasaḥ pṛṣṭhādarka ivekṣate ”
vallī -
vallī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

valli (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
vanasthānn -
vanastha (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
a -
a (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhasaḥ -
bhasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pṛṣṭhād -
pṛṣṭha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
arka* -
arka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ive -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
īkṣate -
√īkṣ (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]