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 7.59.3

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स्त्रीस्वभावादिव मृदु मधुरं वा निनादि वा ।
स्वल्पाङ्गत्वादनिर्ह्रादि मया तद्वाक्यमूहितम् ॥ ३ ॥

strīsvabhāvādiva mṛdu madhuraṃ vā ninādi vā |
svalpāṅgatvādanirhrādi mayā tadvākyamūhitam || 3 ||

It was as soft and sweet, as if it proceeded from female voice; and musical to the ear; and as it was neither loud nor harsh owing to its effeminacy, I kept to watch whence the words were heard.
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 (7.59.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Strisvabhava, Iva, Mridu, Madhuram, Madhura, Var, Ninadin, Svalpa, Angatva, Ani, Hradin, Maya, Asmad, Tadva, Tadvan, Kya, Uhita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.59.3). 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: “strīsvabhāvādiva mṛdu madhuraṃ vā ninādi vā ”
strīsvabhāvād -
strīsvabhāva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
mṛdu -
mṛdu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

mṛdu (noun, neuter)

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

mṛdū (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
madhuram -
madhuram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

madhura (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

madhura (noun, neuter)

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

madhurā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vā* -
vār (noun, masculine)

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

vār (noun, neuter)

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

va (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ninādi -
ninādin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ninādin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Line 2: “svalpāṅgatvādanirhrādi mayā tadvākyamūhitam ”
svalpā -
svalpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

svalpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

svalpā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aṅgatvād -
aṅgatva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
anir -
ani (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hrādi -
hrādin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

hrādin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
mayā -
mā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

mayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[instrumental single]
tadvā -
tadvā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tadvan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kyam -
kya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ūhitam -
ūhita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ūhita (noun, neuter)

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

ūhitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√ūh -> ūhita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √ūh class 1 verb]

√ūh -> ūhita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √ūh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √ūh class 1 verb]