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 6.18.21

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सर्वासामेव मातॄणामष्टावेतास्तु नायिकाः ।
आसामनुगतास्त्वन्यास्तासामनुगताः पराः ॥ २१ ॥

sarvāsāmeva mātṝṇāmaṣṭāvetāstu nāyikāḥ |
āsāmanugatāstvanyāstāsāmanugatāḥ parāḥ || 21 ||

These eight are denominated the Nayikai of leaders, of the whole body of Matrikas; the others are subordinate to these, and there are others again subordinate to them.
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 (6.18.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sarva, Eva, Matri, Ashta, Ashti, Eta, Esha, Nayika, Iyam, Idam, Anugata, Tva, Ani, Anya, Para,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.18.21). 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: “sarvāsāmeva mātṝṇāmaṣṭāvetāstu nāyikāḥ ”
sarvāsām -
sarvā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mātṝṇām -
mātṛ (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

mātṛ (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
aṣṭāve -
aṣṭa (noun, masculine)

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

aṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

√aś -> aṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative dual from √aś class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √aś class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √aś class 5 verb]
etās -
eta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

etā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

eṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
nāyikāḥ -
nāyikā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “āsāmanugatāstvanyāstāsāmanugatāḥ parāḥ ”
āsām -
√ās -> āsām (periphrastic_perfect)

[periphrastic_perfect from √ās]

iyam (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

idam (pronoun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
anugatās -
anugata (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

anugatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tva -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

tva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
anyās -
anī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

anyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

√an (verb class 2)

[optative active second single]
tāsām -
sā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
anugatāḥ -
anugata (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

anugatā (noun, feminine)

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

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

parā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]