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 5.39.30

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अशोक इव मञ्जर्यः पुष्करावर्तविद्युतः ।
न स्फुरन्ति जगत्कोशे तनुं त्यजसि किं मुधा ॥ ३० ॥

aśoka iva mañjaryaḥ puṣkarāvartavidyutaḥ |
na sphuranti jagatkośe tanuṃ tyajasi kiṃ mudhā || 30 ||

The lightnings of the deluging clouds, do not now flash nor fall down like asoka flowers, why then do you vainly waste your precious body so prematurely?
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 (5.39.30). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ashoka, Iva, Manjari, Pushkaravarta, Vidyut, Vidyuta, Sphurat, Sphuranti, Jagat, Kosha, Tanu, Tyajas, Kim, Mudha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.39.30). 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: “aśoka iva mañjaryaḥ puṣkarāvartavidyutaḥ ”
aśoka* -
aśoka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√śuk (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
mañjaryaḥ -
mañjarī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
puṣkarāvarta -
puṣkarāvarta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

puṣkarāvarta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vidyutaḥ -
vidyut (noun, masculine)

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

vidyut (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

vidyuta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “na sphuranti jagatkośe tanuṃ tyajasi kiṃ mudhā ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sphuranti -
sphurantī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

sphurantī (noun, feminine)

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

sphurantī (noun, neuter)

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

sphurat (noun, neuter)

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

√sphur -> sphurat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √sphur class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √sphur class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √sphur class 6 verb]

√sphur -> sphurantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √sphur class 6 verb]

√sphur (verb class 6)

[present active third plural]
jagat -
jagat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

jagat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
kośe -
kośa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

kośā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
tanum -
tanu (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
tyajasi -
tyajas (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

tyajas (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√tyaj (verb class 1)

[present active second single]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable]

mudhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]