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 5.27.14

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बलिनाम्नः शरीरस्य च्छिन्ने शिरसि भासुरे ।
चितः किं तद्भवेच्छिन्नं सर्वलोकावपूरणात् ॥ १४ ॥

balināmnaḥ śarīrasya cchinne śirasi bhāsure |
citaḥ kiṃ tadbhavecchinnaṃ sarvalokāvapūraṇāt || 14 ||

What is it if I Bali, strike off the head of a person from his body, I can not injure the soul which is everywhere and fills all space.
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 (5.27.14). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Balin, Asmad, Sharira, Shiras, Bhasura, Cit, Cita, Kim, Tad, Tat, Chinna, Sarvaloka, Apurana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.27.14). 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: “balināmnaḥ śarīrasya cchinne śirasi bhāsure ”
balinām -
balin (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

balin (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
naḥ -
na (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
śarīrasya -
śarīra (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
Cannot analyse cchinne*śi
śirasi -
śiras (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
bhāsure -
bhāsura (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhāsura (noun, neuter)

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

bhāsurā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “citaḥ kiṃ tadbhavecchinnaṃ sarvalokāvapūraṇāt ”
citaḥ -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

cita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
bhavec -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
chinnam -
chinna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

chinna (noun, neuter)

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

chinnā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
sarvalokāva -
sarvaloka (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
apūraṇāt -
apūraṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

apūraṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]