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 5.47.11

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अविवाहोऽस्मि जानामि न स्वरूपमपि स्त्रियः ।
दुष्टायाः क्षोभकारिण्या मदिराया इव द्विजः ॥ ११ ॥

avivāho'smi jānāmi na svarūpamapi striyaḥ |
duṣṭāyāḥ kṣobhakāriṇyā madirāyā iva dvijaḥ || 11 ||

I am unmarried and know not the form of a wife, and am as ignorant of conjugal love, as a Brahman is stranger to the pernicious taste of forbidden liquors.
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 (5.47.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Avivaha, Svarupa, Api, Stri, Dushta, Kshobhaka, Madira, Iva, Dvija,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.47.11). 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: “avivāho'smi jānāmi na svarūpamapi striyaḥ ”
avivāho' -
avivāha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
asmi -
√as (verb class 2)

[present active first single]
jānāmi -
√jñā (verb class 9)

[present active first single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
svarūpam -
svarūpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

svarūpa (noun, neuter)

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

svarūpā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
striyaḥ -
strī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “duṣṭāyāḥ kṣobhakāriṇyā madirāyā iva dvijaḥ ”
duṣṭāyāḥ -
duṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
kṣobhakā -
kṣobhaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kṣobhaka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kṣobhakā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ariṇyā -
madirāyā* -
madirā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
dvijaḥ -
dvija (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]