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 4.53.18

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केचिच्चिरेण नश्यन्ति केचिच्छीघ्रविनाशिनः ।
केचित्केशोलपोल्लासरचिताच्छादनश्रियः ॥ १८ ॥

keciccireṇa naśyanti kecicchīghravināśinaḥ |
kecitkeśolapollāsaracitācchādanaśriyaḥ || 18 ||

Some of these bodies have to act their parts for a long while, while others make their exits in a short time. They are covered with caps of black hairs, and others with those of white and grey on their heads.
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 (4.53.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kah, Kim, Cit, Cirena, Cira, Nashyanti, Nashyat, Shighra, Vinashin, Vinashi, Kesha, Ulapa, Ullasa, Racita, Shadana, Shri, Shriya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.53.18). 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: “keciccireṇa naśyanti kecicchīghravināśinaḥ ”
ke -
ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

ka (noun, neuter)

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

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
cic -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
cireṇa -
cireṇa (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

cira (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

cira (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
naśyanti -
naśyantī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

naśyat (noun, neuter)

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

√naś -> naśyat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √naś class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √naś class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √naś class 4 verb]

√naś -> naśyantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √naś class 4 verb]

√naś (verb class 4)

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

[nominative plural]

ka (noun, neuter)

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

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
cicch -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
śīghra -
śīghra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śīghra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vināśinaḥ -
vināśin (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

vināśin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

vināśī (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “kecitkeśolapollāsaracitācchādanaśriyaḥ ”
ke -
ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

ka (noun, neuter)

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

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
cit -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
keśo -
keśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

keśa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

keśā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ulapo -
ulapa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ulapā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ullāsa -
ullāsa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
racitācch -
racita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

racita (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√rac -> racita (participle, masculine)

[ablative single from √rac class 10 verb]

√rac -> racita (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √rac class 10 verb]
śādana -
śādana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śādana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śriyaḥ -
śrī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

śrī (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

śriya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]