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 7.66.18

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ससुरासुरगन्धर्वाः कालः कलयति प्रजाः ।
दोर्भिः कल्पयुगाब्दैश्च स्वपशूनिव पालकः ॥ १८ ॥

sasurāsuragandharvāḥ kālaḥ kalayati prajāḥ |
dorbhiḥ kalpayugābdaiśca svapaśūniva pālakaḥ || 18 ||

Time said:—the greatest slaughterer, destroys the gods, giants, gandharvas and all, with its many arms of ages and yugas, and of years, months, days and nights, as a herdsman kills his cattle, which he has reared up himself.
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 (7.66.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sasura, Ragat, Dha, Kala, Kalayat, Praja, Prajas, Dos, Kalpa, Yuga, Abda, Sva, Svan, Apashu, Palaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.66.18). 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: “sasurāsuragandharvāḥ kālaḥ kalayati prajāḥ ”
sasurāsu -
sasurā (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]
ragan -
√rag -> ragat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √rag class 1 verb], [vocative single from √rag class 1 verb]
dha -
dha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rvā -
ru (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
āḥ -
a (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

o (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
kālaḥ -
kāla (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kalayati -
√kal -> kalayat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √kal class 10 verb]

√kal -> kalayat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √kal class 10 verb]

√kal (verb class 10)

[present active third single]
prajāḥ -
praja (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

prajā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

prajas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “dorbhiḥ kalpayugābdaiśca svapaśūniva pālakaḥ ”
dorbhiḥ -
dos (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
kalpa -
kalpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kalpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yugā -
yuga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
abdaiś -
abda (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

abda (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sva -
sū (noun, masculine)

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

sū (noun, neuter)

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

sū (noun, feminine)

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

so (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

sva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

svan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

svan (noun, neuter)

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

sva (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
apaśūni -
apaśu (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

va (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pālakaḥ -
pālaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]