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 5.84.9

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तावत्कालं स सुभगो न प्राबुध्यत योगवित् ।
उदारैरम्बुदारावैरासारभरघर्घरैः ॥ ९ ॥

tāvatkālaṃ sa subhago na prābudhyata yogavit |
udārairambudārāvairāsārabharaghargharaiḥ || 9 ||

They are attended with hiccoughs and hard breathings in the chest, with groaning and sobbing in the lungs, like hooting owls in the hollow of withered trees; whether covered with tufts of moss on their tops, or resembling the hoary haired heads on the dried trunks of old and decayed bodies. (Men growing old, yet pant and pine for riches the more.) [Sanskrit: ghanasha vivitasaca jiryatopi na jiryyati]
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 (5.84.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tavatkalam, Subhaga, Pra, Yogavid, Udara, Ambuda, Arava, Asara, Bhara, Gharghara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.84.9). 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: “tāvatkālaṃ sa subhago na prābudhyata yogavit ”
tāvatkālam -
tāvatkālam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
subhago* -
subhaga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
prā -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

prā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]

prā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
abudhyata -
√budh (verb class 1)

[imperfect passive third single]

√budh (verb class 4)

[imperfect middle third single], [imperfect passive third single]
yogavit -
yogavid (noun, masculine)

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

yogavid (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “udārairambudārāvairāsārabharaghargharaiḥ ”
udārair -
udāra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

udāra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
ambudā -
ambuda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ārāvair -
ārāva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

ārāva (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
āsāra -
āsāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhara -
bhara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√bhṛ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
ghargharaiḥ -
gharghara (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

gharghara (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]