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 5.35.31

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तुम्बकोपरि धाराश्च का नः क्षतिरुपस्थिता ।
दीपाङ्गातिगतो रज्वा नालोको बध्यते यथा ॥ ३१ ॥

tumbakopari dhārāśca kā naḥ kṣatirupasthitā |
dīpāṅgātigato rajvā nāloko badhyate yathā || 31 ||

The soul like a gourd fruit, is not injured by the shower of rain falling on the outer body resembling its hard crust; and the intellect like the flame of a lamp, is not to be held fast (or fastened) by a rope.
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 (5.35.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tumbaka, Upari, Dhara, Asmad, Kshati, Upasthita, Dipanga, Atigata, Aju, Nala, Nalu, 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 5.35.31). 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: “tumbakopari dhārāśca kā naḥ kṣatirupasthitā ”
tumbako -
tumbaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
upari -
upari (indeclinable postposition)

[indeclinable postposition]

upari (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
dhārāś -
dhāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

dhārā (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]
kā* -
kās (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
naḥ -
na (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
kṣatir -
kṣati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
upasthitā -
upasthitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “dīpāṅgātigato rajvā nāloko badhyate yathā ”
dīpāṅgā -
dīpāṅga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dīpāṅga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
atigato* -
atigata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ra -
ṛ (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ajvā* -
ajū (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
nālo -
nāla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nāla (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nālā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nālu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

nālu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
uko -
badhyate -
√bandh (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√bandh (verb class 4)

[present passive third single]

√bandh (verb class 9)

[present passive third single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]