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 4.29.16

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अथ तस्मिन्रणे भीत्या सापेक्षत्वमुपाययुः ।
मत्तेभघनसंरब्धे वने हरिणका इव ॥ १६ ॥

atha tasminraṇe bhītyā sāpekṣatvamupāyayuḥ |
mattebhaghanasaṃrabdhe vane hariṇakā iva || 16 ||

They began to hesitate in joining the warfare, and became as timid as the timorous deer, to encounter the furious elephants in their ravages of the forest.
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 (4.29.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Tad, Rana, Bhiti, Sapekshatva, Upaya, Mattebha, Ghana, Samrabdha, Vana, Vani, Harinaka, 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 4.29.16). 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: “atha tasminraṇe bhītyā sāpekṣatvamupāyayuḥ ”
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tasmin -
tad (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
raṇe -
raṇa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

raṇa (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
bhītyā -
bhīti (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

bhītī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
sāpekṣatvam -
sāpekṣatva (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
yuḥ -
yu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “mattebhaghanasaṃrabdhe vane hariṇakā iva ”
mattebha -
mattebha (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

ghana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
saṃrabdhe -
saṃrabdha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

saṃrabdha (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

saṃrabdhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
vane -
vana (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vana (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

vanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

vani (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

vani (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
hariṇakā* -
hariṇaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]