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 5.20.21

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पुलिन्दीस्तनपीठेषु निलीनं येन कानने ।
षट्पदेनेव पद्मेषु सोऽयं त्वमनुजो मम ॥ २१ ॥

pulindīstanapīṭheṣu nilīnaṃ yena kānane |
ṣaṭpadeneva padmeṣu so'yaṃ tvamanujo mama || 21 ||

Thou wast once the youngling of a Pulinda (a hill tribe woman), and didst dwell on her dugs like the honey-sucking bee on the pericarp of a lotus. The same art thou now my younger brother.
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 (5.20.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pulindi, Tana, Pitha, Nilina, Yena, Yah, Yat, Kanana, Shatpada, Iva, Padma, Sah, Aya, Idam, Tva, Yushmad, Anuja, Asmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.20.21). 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: “pulindīstanapīṭheṣu nilīnaṃ yena kānane ”
pulindīs -
pulindī (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]
tana -
tana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√tan (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
pīṭheṣu -
pīṭha (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

pīṭha (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
nilīnam -
nilīna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nilīna (noun, neuter)

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

nilīnā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
yena -
yena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
kānane -
kānana (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
Line 2: “ṣaṭpadeneva padmeṣu so'yaṃ tvamanujo mama ”
ṣaṭpadene -
ṣaṭpada (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ṣaṭpada (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
padmeṣu -
padma (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

padma (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
so' -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

so (noun, feminine)

[compound]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tvam -
tva (noun, neuter)

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

tva (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
anujo* -
anuja (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mama -
asmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive single]

√mā (verb class 2)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 3)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]