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 5.46.16

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तावद्वातायनगताः कान्ताः प्रकृतयस्तथा ।
श्वपचोऽयमिति ज्ञात्वा म्लानतामलमाययुः ॥ १६ ॥

tāvadvātāyanagatāḥ kāntāḥ prakṛtayastathā |
śvapaco'yamiti jñātvā mlānatāmalamāyayuḥ || 16 ||

At this instant his consorts and servants that were standing at the window, overheard their conversation, and were in deep sorrow to learn that he was a Chandala by birth.
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 (5.46.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tavat, Vatayanagata, Kanta, Prakriti, Tatha, Shvapaca, Aya, Idam, Iti, Mlanata, Alam, Ala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.46.16). 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: “tāvadvātāyanagatāḥ kāntāḥ prakṛtayastathā ”
tāvad -
tāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tāvat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tāvat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

tāvat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vātāyanagatāḥ -
vātāyanagata (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vātāyanagatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kāntāḥ -
kānta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kāntā (noun, feminine)

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

√kam -> kānta (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √kam class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √kam class 1 verb]

√kam -> kāntā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √kam class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √kam class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √kam class 1 verb]
prakṛtayas -
prakṛti (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “śvapaco'yamiti jñātvā mlānatāmalamāyayuḥ ”
śvapaco' -
śvapaca (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
jñātvā -
√jñā -> jñātvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √jñā]

√jñā -> jñātvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √jñā]
mlānatām -
mlānatā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
alam -
alam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ala (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
āya -
āya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

a (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
yuḥ -
yu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]