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 4.42.48

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विषयादिषु मध्यस्थं चित्ररूपेषु शत्रुषु ।
दशास्वेतास्वनन्तासु लुठितं संकटास्विति ॥ ४८ ॥

viṣayādiṣu madhyasthaṃ citrarūpeṣu śatruṣu |
daśāsvetāsvanantāsu luṭhitaṃ saṃkaṭāsviti || 48 ||

Being cast amidst the bustle of business, and among men who are inimical or as dumb pictures to him, every man is grovelling in this earth amidst dangers and difficulties.
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 (4.42.48). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vishaya, Madhyastha, Citrarupa, Shatru, Dasha, Eta, Esha, Ananta, Luthita, Sankata, Iti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.42.48). 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: “viṣayādiṣu madhyasthaṃ citrarūpeṣu śatruṣu ”
viṣayād -
viṣaya (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [adverb]

i (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
madhyastham -
madhyastha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

madhyastha (noun, neuter)

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

madhyasthā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
citrarūpeṣu -
citrarūpa (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

citrarūpa (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
śatruṣu -
śatru (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
Line 2: “daśāsvetāsvanantāsu luṭhitaṃ saṃkaṭāsviti ”
daśāsve -
daśā (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]
etāsva -
etā (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]

eṣā (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]
anantāsu -
anantā (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]
luṭhitam -
luṭhita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

luṭhita (noun, neuter)

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

luṭhitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√luṭh -> luṭhita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √luṭh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √luṭh class 6 verb], [accusative single from √luṭh class 10 verb]

√luṭh -> luṭhita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √luṭh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √luṭh class 1 verb], [nominative single from √luṭh class 6 verb], [accusative single from √luṭh class 6 verb], [nominative single from √luṭh class 10 verb], [accusative single from √luṭh class 10 verb]
saṅkaṭāsvi -
saṅkaṭā (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]