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 5.19.38

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एता याः प्रेक्षसे लक्ष्मीश्छत्रचामरचञ्चलाः ।
स्वप्न एव महाबुद्धे दिनानि त्रीणि पञ्च वा ॥ ३८ ॥

etā yāḥ prekṣase lakṣmīśchatracāmaracañcalāḥ |
svapna eva mahābuddhe dināni trīṇi pañca vā || 38 ||

The royal dignity that thou seest here, adorned with the stately umbrella and flapping fans; is but a dream lasting for a few days.
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 (5.19.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Eta, Esha, Pra, Lakshmi, Chatra, Camara, Cancala, Svapna, Svapnas, Eva, Mahabuddha, Mahabuddhi, Dina, Panca, Pancan,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.19.38). 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: “etā yāḥ prekṣase lakṣmīśchatracāmaracañcalāḥ ”
etā* -
eta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

etā (noun, feminine)

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

eṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
yāḥ -
yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
pre -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

prā (noun, feminine)

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

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]

prā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
īkṣase -
√īkṣ (verb class 1)

[present middle second single]
lakṣmīś -
lakṣmī (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [accusative plural]
chatra -
chatra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

chatra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cāmara -
cāmara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cāmara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cañcalāḥ -
cañcala (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

cañcalā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “svapna eva mahābuddhe dināni trīṇi pañca vā ”
svapna* -
svapnas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

svapnas (noun, neuter)

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

svapna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mahābuddhe -
mahābuddha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

mahābuddhi (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

mahābuddhi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
dināni -
dina (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Cannot analyse trīṇi*pa
pañca -
pañca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pañca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pañcan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

pañcan (noun, neuter)

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

√pañc (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]