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 7.24.9

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कण्टकद्रुमवल्लीव करालकुटिला मतिः ।
आयुरायासशालिन्या यामिन्येव तमोन्धया ॥ ९ ॥

kaṇṭakadrumavallīva karālakuṭilā matiḥ |
āyurāyāsaśālinyā yāminyeva tamondhayā || 9 ||

My wicked and crooked thoughts are as the brambles of creeping and thorny plants, and my life is a weary and dreary maze, as a dark and dismal night.
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 (7.24.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kantakadruma, Valli, Iva, Karala, Kutila, Mati, Ayu, Ayus, Ayasa, Shalini, Yamini, Yamin, Eva, Tama, Dha, Dhaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.24.9). 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: “kaṇṭakadrumavallīva karālakuṭilā matiḥ ”
kaṇṭakadruma -
kaṇṭakadruma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vallī -
valli (noun, feminine)

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

vallī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
karāla -
karāla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

karāla (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kuṭilā* -
kuṭila (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kuṭilā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
matiḥ -
mati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

mati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “āyurāyāsaśālinyā yāminyeva tamondhayā ”
āyur -
āyus (noun, masculine)

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

āyus (noun, neuter)

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

āyu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

āyu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
āyāsa -
āyāsa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
śālinyā* -
śālinī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
yāminye -
yāminī (noun, feminine)

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

yāmin (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yāmin (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tamo -
tama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tamā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ūn -
u (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
dhayā -
dhā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

dhayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]