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 4.55.23

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काननोपान्तनगरीघुंघुमाकर्णनेच्छया ।
क्षणमुत्कर्णमाशान्तचारुवर्वणटांकृतैः ॥ २३ ॥

kānanopāntanagarīghuṃghumākarṇanecchayā |
kṣaṇamutkarṇamāśāntacāruvarvaṇaṭāṃkṛtaiḥ || 23 ||

The sage remained attentive for a moment to the murmur, proceeding from the village beyond the forest; and now he listened with pricked up ears, to the busy buzz of blue-bees and flies at a distance.
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 (4.55.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kanana, Upanta, Nagari, Nagarin, Ghum, Ghu, Akarnana, Icchaya, Iccha, Kshanam, Kshana, Utkarna, Asha, Caru, Varva, Tankrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.55.23). 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: “kānanopāntanagarīghuṃghumākarṇanecchayā ”
kānano -
kānana (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

upānta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nagarī -
nagarī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

nagarin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ghuṅ -
ghum (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ghum -
ghum (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ghu (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
ākarṇane -
ākarṇana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
icchayā -
icchayā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

icchā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “kṣaṇamutkarṇamāśāntacāruvarvaṇaṭāṃkṛtaiḥ ”
kṣaṇam -
kṣaṇam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

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

kṣaṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
utkarṇam -
utkarṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

utkarṇa (noun, neuter)

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

utkarṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
āśān -
āśa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
ta -
ta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tan (noun, masculine)

[compound]
cāru -
cāru (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

cāru (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāru (noun, neuter)

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

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

[compound], [vocative single]
ṭāṅkṛtaiḥ -
ṭāṅkṛta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]