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 4.52.20

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मायया रचितास्तेन राज्ञा तेषु महात्मना ।
रक्षितारो महायक्षा नित्यमालोकभीरवः ॥ २० ॥

māyayā racitāstena rājñā teṣu mahātmanā |
rakṣitāro mahāyakṣā nityamālokabhīravaḥ || 20 ||

The Great king has placed his sentinel of the Yaksha of egoism as a guard of this house; and this guard is as ferocious as a Bhairava in dark (ignorance), and as timorous as a Bhairava by the day.
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 (4.52.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Maya, Racita, Tad, Tena, Rajan, Mahatman, Mahatmana, Rakshitri, Mahayaksha, Nityam, Nitya, Aloka, Bhiru, Bhirava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.52.20). 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: “māyayā racitāstena rājñā teṣu mahātmanā ”
māyayā -
māyā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
racitās -
racita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

racitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√rac -> racita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √rac class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √rac class 10 verb]

√rac -> racitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √rac class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √rac class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √rac class 10 verb]
tena -
tena (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

√tan (verb class 8)

[perfect active second plural]

√tan (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]

√tan (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
rājñā -
rājan (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
teṣu -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

ta (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

tad (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
mahātmanā -
mahātman (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

mahātman (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

mahātmanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “rakṣitāro mahāyakṣā nityamālokabhīravaḥ ”
rakṣitāro* -
rakṣitṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

√rakṣ (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third plural]
mahāyakṣā* -
mahāyakṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
nityam -
nityam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

nitya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nitya (noun, neuter)

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

nityā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
āloka -
āloka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhīravaḥ -
bhīru (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bhīrava (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]