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 6.25.52

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अन्तःकुम्भकमालम्ब्य चिरं भूयो न शोच्यते ।
प्राणरेचकमालम्ब्य अपानाद्दूरकोटिगम् ॥ ५२ ॥

antaḥkumbhakamālambya ciraṃ bhūyo na śocyate |
prāṇarecakamālambya apānāddūrakoṭigam || 52 ||

By depending on the rechaka breath, and practicing the suppression of Kumbhaka breath, at the great distance of sixteen inches from the apana; a man has no more to be sorry for any thing.
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 (6.25.52). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Anta, Kumbhaka, Alambya, Ciram, Cira, Bhuyah, Bhuyas, Shocyata, Prana, Recaka, Alambi, Alambin, Apana, Dura, Koti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.25.52). 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: “antaḥkumbhakamālambya ciraṃ bhūyo na śocyate ”
antaḥ -
anta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kumbhakam -
kumbhaka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kumbhaka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ālambya -
ālambya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ciram -
ciram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

cira (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

cira (noun, neuter)

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

cirā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
bhūyo* -
bhūyaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

bhūyas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bhūyas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śocyate -
śocyatā (noun, feminine)

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

√śuc (verb class 0)

[present passive third single]

√śuc (verb class 0)

[present passive third single]
Line 2: “prāṇarecakamālambya apānāddūrakoṭigam ”
prāṇa -
prāṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prāṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
recakam -
recaka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

recaka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ālambya -
ālambya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ālambi (noun, masculine)

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

ālambin (noun, masculine)

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

ālambin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
apānād -
apāna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
dūra -
dūra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dūra (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [adverb]

koṭī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
gam -
ga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ga (noun, neuter)

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

gā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]