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 4.30.4

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यमस्य किङ्करा यत्र ये कालत्रासनक्षमाः ।
कुतूहलेन तिष्ठन्ति नरकार्णवपालकाः ॥ ४ ॥

yamasya kiṅkarā yatra ye kālatrāsanakṣamāḥ |
kutūhalena tiṣṭhanti narakārṇavapālakāḥ || 4 ||

There dwelt the horrid myrmidons of death, formidable as their lord Pluto (Yama) himself; and who were glad with their charge of guarding the abyss of hell.
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 (4.30.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yama, Kinkara, Yatra, Yah, Yat, Kala, Trasana, Kshama, Kutuhala, Tishthat, Tishthanti, Narakarnava, Palaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.30.4). 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: “yamasya kiṅkarā yatra ye kālatrāsanakṣamāḥ ”
yamasya -
yama (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

yama (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
kiṅkarā* -
kiṅkara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kiṅkarā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yatra -
yatra (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yatra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yatra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ye -
ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
kāla -
kāla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kāla (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

trāsana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kṣamāḥ -
kṣama (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kṣamā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “kutūhalena tiṣṭhanti narakārṇavapālakāḥ ”
kutūhalena -
kutūhala (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

kutūhala (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
tiṣṭhanti -
tiṣṭhantī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

tiṣṭhantī (noun, feminine)

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

tiṣṭhantī (noun, neuter)

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

√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> tiṣṭhantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
narakārṇava -
narakārṇava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
pālakāḥ -
pālaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]