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 5.9.42

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जायन्ते च म्रियन्ते च प्राकृताः क्षुद्रजन्तवः ।
धरा तैरेव नीरन्ध्रा दुर्लभाः साधुसाधवः ॥ ४२ ॥

jāyante ca mriyante ca prākṛtāḥ kṣudrajantavaḥ |
dharā taireva nīrandhrā durlabhāḥ sādhusādhavaḥ || 42 ||

I see the earth full of common people, who are incessantly born and dying in it in multitudes; but I find few honest and righteous men in it.
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 (5.9.42). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jayanta, Prakrita, Kshudrajantu, Dhara, Taira, Iva, Nirandhra, Durlabha, Sadhu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.9.42). 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: “jāyante ca mriyante ca prākṛtāḥ kṣudrajantavaḥ ”
jāyante -
jāyanta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√jai (verb class 1)

[present middle third plural]

√jan (verb class 4)

[present middle third plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mriyante -
√mṛ (verb class 1)

[present passive third plural]

√mṛ (verb class 6)

[present middle third plural], [present passive third plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
prākṛtāḥ -
prākṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

prākṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kṣudrajantavaḥ -
kṣudrajantu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 2: “dharā taireva nīrandhrā durlabhāḥ sādhusādhavaḥ ”
dharā -
dharā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
taire -
taira (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
nīrandhrā* -
nīrandhra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nīrandhrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
durlabhāḥ -
durlabha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

durlabhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
sādhu -
sādhu (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sādhu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

sādhu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

sādhu (noun, neuter)

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

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]