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 6.41.8

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यथाकथंचिदङ्गारे निघृष्य क्षालयञ्छिशुः ।
करनैर्मल्यमाप्नोति कार्ष्ण्याङ्गारक्षये यथा ॥ ८ ॥

yathākathaṃcidaṅgāre nighṛṣya kṣālayañchiśuḥ |
karanairmalyamāpnoti kārṣṇyāṅgārakṣaye yathā || 8 ||

As a child daubs his fingers by rubbing one piece of coat against another (so is a man darkened the more by the tenets of contradictory sastras); but gets them cleansed by washing off his hands from both of 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 (6.41.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yatha, Akatha, Cit, Angara, Angari, Ghrishya, Kshalayat, Shishu, Karat, Malya, Karshni, Karshnya, Kshaya, Kshi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.41.8). 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: “yathākathaṃcidaṅgāre nighṛṣya kṣālayañchiśuḥ ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ākathañ -
ākatha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ākatha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
cid -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
aṅgāre -
aṅgāra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

aṅgāri (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

aṅgāra (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
ni -
ni (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ni (noun, neuter)

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

ni (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

nī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

nī (noun, neuter)

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

nī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ghṛṣya -
√ghṛṣ -> ghṛṣya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √ghṛṣ]

√ghṛṣ -> ghṛṣya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √ghṛṣ class 1 verb]

√ghṛṣ -> ghṛṣya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √ghṛṣ class 1 verb]
kṣālayañch -
√kṣal -> kṣālayat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṣal class 10 verb], [vocative single from √kṣal class 10 verb]
śiśuḥ -
śiśu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

śiśu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “karanairmalyamāpnoti kārṣṇyāṅgārakṣaye yathā ”
karan -
√kṛ -> karat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 1 verb]
air -
a (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second single]
malyam -
√mal -> malya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √mal class 10 verb]

√mal -> malya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √mal class 10 verb], [accusative single from √mal class 10 verb]
āpnoti -
√āp (verb class 5)

[present active third single]
kārṣṇyā -
kārṣṇi (noun, masculine)

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

kārṣṇī (noun, feminine)

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

kārṣṇya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kārṣṇya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
āṅgāra -
āṅgāra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kṣaye -
kṣaya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

kṣaya (noun, neuter)

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

kṣayā (noun, feminine)

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

kṣi (noun, feminine)

[dative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]