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 5.15.12

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नूनमस्तंगतो यत्र तृष्णाकृष्णनिशाक्रमः ।
पुण्यानि तत्र वर्धन्ते शुक्लपक्ष इवेन्दवः ॥ १२ ॥

nūnamastaṃgato yatra tṛṣṇākṛṣṇaniśākramaḥ |
puṇyāni tatra vardhante śuklapakṣa ivendavaḥ || 12 ||

The heart which is not darkened by the gloomy night of greediness, feels the rays of humanity sparkling in it, like the glancing of the bright moon-beams.
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 (5.15.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nunam, Astam, Gat, Gata, Yatra, Trishna, Krishna, Nish, Nisha, Akrama, Punya, Tatra, Shuklapaksha, Iva, Indu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.15.12). 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: “nūnamastaṃgato yatra tṛṣṇākṛṣṇaniśākramaḥ ”
nūnam -
nūnam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
astaṅ -
astam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
gato* -
gat (noun, masculine)

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

gat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

gata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yatra -
yatra (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yatra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yatra (noun, neuter)

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

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

[compound], [vocative single]

kṛṣṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
niśā -
niśa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

niś (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

niśā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
akramaḥ -
akrama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√kram (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]
Line 2: “puṇyāni tatra vardhante śuklapakṣa ivendavaḥ ”
puṇyāni -
puṇya (noun, neuter)

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

√puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √puṇ class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √puṇ class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √puṇ class 10 verb]
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vardhante -
√vṛdh (verb class 1)

[present middle third plural]
śuklapakṣa* -
śuklapakṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ive -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
indavaḥ -
indu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]