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 5.18.14

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तेषामभिमता नार्यो भावाभावविभूषिताः ।
ज्वालानरकवह्नीनां यास्ताः कनकरोचिषः ॥ १४ ॥

teṣāmabhimatā nāryo bhāvābhāvavibhūṣitāḥ |
jvālānarakavahnīnāṃ yāstāḥ kanakarociṣaḥ || 14 ||

Women, devoid of understanding, and graced with their personal charms, are the idols of these people; who are fond of their golden forms, without knowing them to be the flames of hell fire.
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 (5.18.14). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Abhimata, Nari, Narya, Bhavabhava, Vibhushita, Jvala, Araka, Vahni, Tas, Kanaka, Rocisha, Rocis,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.18.14). 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: “teṣāmabhimatā nāryo bhāvābhāvavibhūṣitāḥ ”
teṣām -
tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
abhimatā* -
abhimata (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

abhimatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
nāryo* -
nārī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nārya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√nṝ -> nārya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √nṝ class 9 verb]
bhāvābhāva -
bhāvābhāva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhāvābhāva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vibhūṣitāḥ -
vibhūṣita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vibhūṣitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “jvālānarakavahnīnāṃ yāstāḥ kanakarociṣaḥ ”
jvālān -
jvāla (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
vahnīnām -
vahni (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
yās -
yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

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

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
kanaka -
kanaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kanaka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rociṣaḥ -
rociṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

rocis (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]