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 5.20.33

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अनन्ताः पितरो यान्ति यान्त्यनन्ताश्च मातरः ।
इह संसारिणां पुंसां वनपादपपर्णवत् ॥ ३३ ॥

anantāḥ pitaro yānti yāntyanantāśca mātaraḥ |
iha saṃsāriṇāṃ puṃsāṃ vanapādapaparṇavat || 33 ||

Numberless fathers have gone by, and unnumbered mothers also have passed and died away; so innumerable generations of men have perished and disappeared, like the falling off of withered leaves.
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 (5.20.33). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ananta, Pitri, Yantin, Yanti, Matri, Matara, Iha, Samsarin, Pums, Vanapadapa, Parnavat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.20.33). 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: “anantāḥ pitaro yānti yāntyanantāśca mātaraḥ ”
anantāḥ -
ananta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

anantā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
pitaro* -
pitṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yānti -
yāntin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

yāntin (noun, neuter)

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

yāntī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

yāntī (noun, feminine)

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

yāntī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
yāntya -
yāntin (noun, masculine)

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

yāntin (noun, neuter)

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

yāntī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

yāntī (noun, feminine)

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

yāntī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
anantāś -
ananta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

anantā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mātaraḥ -
mātṛ (noun, feminine)

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

mātara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “iha saṃsāriṇāṃ puṃsāṃ vanapādapaparṇavat ”
iha -
iha (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
saṃsāriṇām -
saṃsārin (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

saṃsārin (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
puṃsām -
puṃs (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
vanapādapa -
vanapādapa (noun, masculine)

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

[compound]

parṇavat (noun, neuter)

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