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 6.25.32

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पदात्तस्मादपानोऽयं खादेति समनन्तरम् ।
बाह्याकाशोन्मुखः प्राणो वहत्यग्निशिखा यथा ॥ ३२ ॥

padāttasmādapāno'yaṃ khādeti samanantaram |
bāhyākāśonmukhaḥ prāṇo vahatyagniśikhā yathā || 32 ||

The prana or exhaling breath runs towards the open air, in the form of a flame of fire, and the inhaled breath turns inward to the region of the heart, and goes downward like a current of water.
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 (6.25.32). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pada, Tasmat, Tad, Apana, Aya, Idam, Khada, Khadi, Iti, Samanantaram, Samanantara, Bahya, Akasha, Unmukha, Prana, Pran, Vahat, Vahati, Agnishikha, Yatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.25.32). 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: “padāttasmādapāno'yaṃ khādeti samanantaram ”
padāt -
pada (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
tasmād -
tasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]
apāno' -
apāna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
khāde -
khāda (noun, masculine)

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

khāda (noun, neuter)

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

khādā (noun, feminine)

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

khādi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√khād (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
samanantaram -
samanantaram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

samanantara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

samanantara (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

samanantarā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “bāhyākāśonmukhaḥ prāṇo vahatyagniśikhā yathā ”
bāhyā -
bāhya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bāhya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

bāhyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ākāśo -
ākāśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ākāśa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
unmukhaḥ -
unmukha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prāṇo* -
prāṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

prāṇ (noun, masculine)

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

prāṇ (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
vahatya -
vahati (noun, masculine)

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

vahatī (noun, feminine)

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

vahat (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

√vah -> vahat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √vah class 1 verb]

√vah -> vahat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √vah class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vah class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vah class 1 verb], [locative single from √vah class 1 verb]

√vah (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
agniśikhā* -
agniśikha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

agniśikhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]