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 7.6.20

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निरोद्धुं न च शक्नोमि स्पर्शलम्पटतां त्वचः ।
ग्रीष्मकालसमिद्धस्य तापमंशुमतो यथा ॥ २० ॥

niroddhuṃ na ca śaknomi sparśalampaṭatāṃ tvacaḥ |
grīṣmakālasamiddhasya tāpamaṃśumato yathā || 20 ||

I am to restrain the sensitiveness of my body, and to make my skin (the twak indreya or the organ of feeling), to endure the heat of the hot weather of the kindled fire and of the burning sun.
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 (7.6.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sparsha, Lampatata, Tvac, Grishmakala, Samiddha, Tapa, Amshumat, 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 7.6.20). 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: “niroddhuṃ na ca śaknomi sparśalampaṭatāṃ tvacaḥ ”
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]
roddhum -
√rudh -> roddhum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √rudh]

√rudh -> roddhum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √rudh]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śaknomi -
√śak (verb class 5)

[present active first single]
sparśa -
sparśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sparśa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
lampaṭatām -
lampaṭatā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
tvacaḥ -
tvac (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “grīṣmakālasamiddhasya tāpamaṃśumato yathā ”
grīṣmakāla -
grīṣmakāla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
samiddhasya -
samiddha (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

samiddha (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
tāpam -
tāpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
aṃśumato* -
aṃśumat (noun, masculine)

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

aṃśumat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]