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 5.31.62

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को मामेति विरुद्धात्मा त्रैलोक्यदहनक्षमम् ।
स्वनाशाय ततः क्षुब्धं कालाग्निं शलभो यथा ॥ ६२ ॥

ko māmeti viruddhātmā trailokyadahanakṣamam |
svanāśāya tataḥ kṣubdhaṃ kālāgniṃ śalabho yathā || 62 ||

What adverse Spirit can dare approach this all-devouring flame, without being burnt to death, like a flight of moths falling on a vivid 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 (5.31.62). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kah, Mama, Iti, Viruddha, Asmad, Trailokya, Dahana, Ksham, Kshama, Svanasha, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Kshubdha, Kalagni, Shalabha, Yatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.31.62). 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: “ko māmeti viruddhātmā trailokyadahanakṣamam ”
ko* -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
māme -
māma (noun, masculine)

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

√mā (verb class 2)

[imperative active first plural]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
viruddhāt -
viruddha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

viruddha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
mā -
mā (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

mā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative single]
trailokya -
trailokya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

trailokya (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

dahana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kṣamam -
kṣama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kṣama (noun, neuter)

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

kṣamā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

kṣam (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “svanāśāya tataḥ kṣubdhaṃ kālāgniṃ śalabho yathā ”
svanāśāya -
svanāśa (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
tataḥ -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
kṣubdham -
kṣubdha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kṣubdha (noun, neuter)

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

kṣubdhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√kṣubh -> kṣubdha (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √kṣubh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṣubh class 4 verb], [accusative single from √kṣubh class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṣubh class 9 verb]

√kṣubh -> kṣubdha (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √kṣubh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṣubh class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṣubh class 4 verb], [accusative single from √kṣubh class 4 verb], [nominative single from √kṣubh class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṣubh class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṣubh class 9 verb], [accusative single from √kṣubh class 9 verb]
kālāgnim -
kālāgni (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
śalabho* -
śalabha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]