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 4.56.13

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अपर्यन्तस्य कालस्य कश्चिदंशः शरच्छतम् ।
तावन्मात्रमहाश्चर्यः किमर्थं सोऽनुधावति ॥ १३ ॥

aparyantasya kālasya kaścidaṃśaḥ śaracchatam |
tāvanmātramahāścaryaḥ kimarthaṃ so'nudhāvati || 13 ||

The limit of a hundred years of human life, is but a very small portion of unlimited duration; it is therefore very astonishing that any one should be concerned with this small portion of his existence, here.
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 (4.56.13). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Aparyanta, Kala, Kalasya, Kah, Cidamsha, Sharad, Shata, Tavanmatra, Ahar, Cari, Carya, Kimartha, Sah, Anu, Dhavat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.56.13). 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: “aparyantasya kālasya kaścidaṃśaḥ śaracchatam ”
aparyantasya -
aparyanta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

aparyanta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
kālasya -
kālasya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kālasya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kāla (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

kāla (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
kaś -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cidaṃśaḥ -
cidaṃśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śaracch -
śarad (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
śatam -
śata (noun, neuter)

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

śatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “tāvanmātramahāścaryaḥ kimarthaṃ so'nudhāvati ”
tāvanmātram -
tāvanmātra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tāvanmātra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ahāś -
ahar (noun, neuter)

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

√hā (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single], [aorist active second single]

√hā (verb class 3)

[aorist active second single]
caryaḥ -
carī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

carya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kimartham -
kimartha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kimartha (noun, neuter)

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

kimarthā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
so' -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

so (noun, feminine)

[compound]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
anu -
anu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

anu (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

anu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

anu (noun, neuter)

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

anu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

anu (Preverb)

[Preverb]
dhāvati -
dhāvat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

dhāvat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√dhāv (verb class 1)

[present active third single]

√dhāv (verb class 1)

[present active third single]