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 5.46.10

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एकस्तस्मात्समुत्तस्थौ जरावान्रक्तलोचनः ।
काचश्रृङ्गहिमापूर्णमिव श्वपचनायकः ॥ १० ॥

ekastasmātsamuttasthau jarāvānraktalocanaḥ |
kācaśrṛṅgahimāpūrṇamiva śvapacanāyakaḥ || 10 ||

There stood an old man among them, who seemed to be the leader of the band; and appeared with his grey head and ruby eyes, like the mount Meru with his snow covered top and gemming caverns.
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 (5.46.10). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Eka, Tasmat, Tad, Samud, Tastha, Jaravat, Raktalocana, Shvapaca, Nayaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.46.10). 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: “ekastasmātsamuttasthau jarāvānraktalocanaḥ ”
ekas -
eka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tasmāt -
tasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]
samut -
samud (noun, masculine)

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

samud (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
tasthau -
tastha (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

√sthā (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
jarāvān -
jarāvat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
raktalocanaḥ -
raktalocana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “kācaśrṛṅgahimāpūrṇamiva śvapacanāyakaḥ ”
Cannot analyse kācaśrṛṅgahimāpūrṇamiva*śv
śvapaca -
śvapaca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
nāyakaḥ -
nāyaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]