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 6.7.16

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मोहमारुतमापीय त्वचा विषमचारिणः ।
स्फुरन्तीहाहयश्चित्राः शीतलाचलदीप्तयः ॥ १६ ॥

mohamārutamāpīya tvacā viṣamacāriṇaḥ |
sphurantīhāhayaścitrāḥ śītalācaladīptayaḥ || 16 ||

Men are as the cold bodies and creeping reptiles of the earth, and they crawl and creep continually in their crooked course, by breathing the vital air, as the snakes live upon the current air.
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 (6.7.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mohama, Apiya, Tvaca, Vishama, Carin, Sphurat, Sphuranti, Haha, Yah, Citra, Shitala, Acala, Dipti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.7.16). 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: “mohamārutamāpīya tvacā viṣamacāriṇaḥ ”
mohamā -
mohama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
arutam -
√ru (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second dual]
āpīya -
āpīya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tvacā* -
tvacā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

viṣama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cāriṇaḥ -
cārin (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

cārin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “sphurantīhāhayaścitrāḥ śītalācaladīptayaḥ ”
sphurantī -
sphurantī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

sphurantī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

sphurat (noun, neuter)

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

√sphur -> sphurat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √sphur class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √sphur class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √sphur class 6 verb]

√sphur -> sphurantī (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √sphur class 6 verb]
hāha -
hāha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

hāha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yaś -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
citrāḥ -
citra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

citrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
śītalā -
śītala (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śītala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

śītalā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
acala -
acala (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

acala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dīptayaḥ -
dīpti (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

dīpti (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]