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 6.7.17

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चिन्तापिशाचोपहता विवेकेन्दूदयं विना ।
तमसेव निरालोका याति यौवनयामिनी ॥ १७ ॥

cintāpiśācopahatā vivekendūdayaṃ vinā |
tamaseva nirālokā yāti yauvanayāminī || 17 ||

The time of youth passes as a dark night, without the moon-light of reason; and is infested by the ghosts of wicked thoughts and evil desires.
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 (6.7.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Cinta, Pishaca, Upahata, Viveka, Indudaya, Vina, Tamas, Tamasa, Iva, Niraloka, Yat, Yati, Yauvana, Yamini, Yamin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.7.17). 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: “cintāpiśācopahatā vivekendūdayaṃ vinā ”
cintā -
cintā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
piśāco -
piśāca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

piśācā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
upahatā* -
upahata (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

upahatā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
indūdayam -
indūdaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

indūdaya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
vinā -
vinā (indeclinable postposition)

[indeclinable postposition]

vi (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vi (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vī (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vinā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “tamaseva nirālokā yāti yauvanayāminī ”
tamase -
tamasa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

tamasa (noun, neuter)

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

tamas (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single], [dative single]

tamasā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
nirālokā* -
nirāloka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nirālokā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [adverb]

yāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

yāti (noun, neuter)

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

yāt (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yāt (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√yā (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
yauvana -
yauvana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yāminī -
yāminī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

yāmin (noun, neuter)

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