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 5.75.24

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धारयत्यवनीं शेषः करोत्यर्को दिनावलीम् ।
यमो यमत्वं कुरुते जीवन्मुक्ततयैव हि ॥ २४ ॥

dhārayatyavanīṃ śeṣaḥ karotyarko dināvalīm |
yamo yamatvaṃ kurute jīvanmuktatayaiva hi || 24 ||

The infernal snake bears the earth on its head, and the sun makes the day by turns; the god of death is ever employed in his act of destruction, and still they are all free agents of their acts.
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 (5.75.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dharayat, Avani, Shesha, Sheshas, Karoti, Ric, Dina, Ali, Alin, Yama, Yamatva, Kuruta, Jivanmuktata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.75.24). 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: “dhārayatyavanīṃ śeṣaḥ karotyarko dināvalīm ”
dhārayatya -
dhārayat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

dhārayat (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

√dhṛ -> dhārayat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √dhṛ]

√dhṛ -> dhārayat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √dhṛ], [vocative dual from √dhṛ], [accusative dual from √dhṛ], [locative single from √dhṛ]

√dhṛ (verb class 0)

[present active third single]
avanīm -
avanī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
śeṣaḥ -
śeṣas (noun, neuter)

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

śeṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
karotyar -
karoti (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
ṛk -
ṛc (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
o* -
a (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
dināva -
dina (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
alī -
ali (noun, masculine)

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

alin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
im -
i (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “yamo yamatvaṃ kurute jīvanmuktatayaiva hi ”
yamo* -
yama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yamatvam -
yamatva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
kurute -
kurutā (noun, feminine)

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

kuruta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

kuruta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[present middle third single]
jīvanmuktatayai -
jīvanmuktatā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]