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 6.7.19

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दुःखशोकमहाष्ठीलः कष्टकण्टकसंकटः ।
सहस्रशाखतां याति दारिद्र्यदृढशाल्मलिः ॥ १९ ॥

duḥkhaśokamahāṣṭhīlaḥ kaṣṭakaṇṭakasaṃkaṭaḥ |
sahasraśākhatāṃ yāti dāridryadṛḍhaśālmaliḥ || 19 ||

Poverty branches out like the thorny Salmali tree, in a thousand branches of misery, distress, sorrow, sickness, and all kinds of woe to human beings.
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 (6.7.19). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Duhkhashoka, Aha, Ashthila, Kashta, Kantaka, Sankata, Sahasrashakha, Yat, Yati, Daridrya, Dridha, Shalma,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.7.19). 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: “duḥkhaśokamahāṣṭhīlaḥ kaṣṭakaṇṭakasaṃkaṭaḥ ”
duḥkhaśokam -
duḥkhaśoka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

duḥkhaśoka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ahā -
aha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
aṣṭhīlaḥ -
aṣṭhīla (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

kaṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kaṣ -> kaṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √kaṣ class 1 verb]

√kaṣ -> kaṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √kaṣ class 1 verb]

√kaś -> kaṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √kaś class 1 verb]

√kaś -> kaṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √kaś class 1 verb]
kaṇṭaka -
kaṇṭaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
saṅkaṭaḥ -
saṅkaṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “sahasraśākhatāṃ yāti dāridryadṛḍhaśālmaliḥ ”
sahasraśākha -
sahasraśākha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sahasraśākha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tām -
tā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
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]
dāridrya -
dāridrya (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

dṛḍha (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

śālma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
liḥ -
li (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]