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 5.15.6

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तीक्ष्णा कृष्णा सुदीर्घा च वहत्यङ्गं सदा निजम् ।
शीतलैवासुखोदर्का घोरा तृष्णाकृपाणिका ॥ ६ ॥

tīkṣṇā kṛṣṇā sudīrghā ca vahatyaṅgaṃ sadā nijam |
śītalaivāsukhodarkā ghorā tṛṣṇākṛpāṇikā || 6 ||

It bears a form as formidable as that of a long, sharp and sable dagger; which is cold in appearance, but very injurious in her effects.
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 (5.15.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tikshna, Krishna, Sudirgha, Vahat, Vahati, Anga, Sada, Nija, Shitala, Eva, Kha, Udarka, Ghora, Trishna, Kripanika,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.15.6). 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: “tīkṣṇā kṛṣṇā sudīrghā ca vahatyaṅgaṃ sadā nijam ”
tīkṣṇā -
tīkṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kṛṣṇā -
kṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
sudīrghā -
sudīrghā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vahatya -
vahati (noun, masculine)

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

vahatī (noun, feminine)

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

vahat (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

√vah -> vahat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √vah class 1 verb]

√vah -> vahat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √vah class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vah class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vah class 1 verb], [locative single from √vah class 1 verb]

√vah (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
aṅgam -
aṅga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

aṅga (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
sadā* -
sada (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
nijam -
nija (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nija (noun, neuter)

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

nijā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “śītalaivāsukhodarkā ghorā tṛṣṇākṛpāṇikā ”
śītalai -
śītala (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śītala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

śītalā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
evāsu -
evā (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]
kho -
kha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

khā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
udarkā* -
udarka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
ghorā -
ghorā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tṛṣṇā -
tṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kṛpāṇikā -
kṛpāṇikā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]