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 4.31.9

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अहङ्कारपिशाचार्ता दामव्यालकटास्त्रयः ।
गताः सत्तामसन्तोऽपि मायामाहात्म्यदानवाः ॥ ९ ॥

ahaṅkārapiśācārtā dāmavyālakaṭāstrayaḥ |
gatāḥ sattāmasanto'pi māyāmāhātmyadānavāḥ || 9 ||

The three Daityas Dama, Vyala and Kata, being under the demoniac influence of Egoism, believed their nonentity as positive entity by the excess of their illusion.
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 (4.31.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ahankara, Pishaca, Arta, Dama, Daman, Vyalaka, Traya, Tri, Gata, Satta, Asat, Api, Mayamahatmya, Danava, Danavar,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.31.9). 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: “ahaṅkārapiśācārtā dāmavyālakaṭāstrayaḥ ”
ahaṅkāra -
ahaṅkāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ahaṅkāra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
piśācā -
piśāca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

piśācā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ārtā* -
ārta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ārtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
dāma -
dāma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

dāman (noun, masculine)

[compound]

dāman (noun, neuter)

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

√dā (verb class 2)

[imperative active first plural]
vyālaka -
vyālaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ṭās -
ṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ṭā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
trayaḥ -
traya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

tri (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 2: “gatāḥ sattāmasanto'pi māyāmāhātmyadānavāḥ ”
gatāḥ -
gata (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

gatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
sattām -
sattā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
asanto' -
asat (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
māyāmāhātmya -
māyāmāhātmya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dānavāḥ -
dānavār (noun, neuter)

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

dānava (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]