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 7.82.1

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श्रीराम उवाच ।
किमेतद्भगवन्सर्वनाशे नृत्यति केन सा ।
किं शूर्पफलकुम्भाद्यस्तस्याः स्रग्दामधारणम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca |
kimetadbhagavansarvanāśe nṛtyati kena sā |
kiṃ śūrpaphalakumbhādyastasyāḥ sragdāmadhāraṇam || 1 ||

Rama rejoined:—Who is this goddess, sir, that is dancing thus in her act of destruction, and why is it that she bears on her body the pots and fruits as her wreaths of flowers?
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 (7.82.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shrirama, Kimi, Tad, Tat, Bhagavat, Bhagavan, Sarvanasha, Nrityat, Kena, Kah, Kim, Shurpa, Phala, Kumbha, Yasta, Sragdamadharana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.82.1). 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: “śrīrāma uvāca ”
śrīrāma* -
śrīrāma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “kimetadbhagavansarvanāśe nṛtyati kena sā ”
kime -
kimi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

kimi (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
bhagavan -
bhagavat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

bhagavan (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
sarvanāśe -
sarvanāśa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
nṛtyati -
√nṛt -> nṛtyat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √nṛt class 4 verb]

√nṛt -> nṛtyat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √nṛt class 4 verb]

√nṛt (verb class 4)

[present active third single]
kena -
kena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kena (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kena (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ka (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ka (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
sā -
sā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 3: “kiṃ śūrpaphalakumbhādyastasyāḥ sragdāmadhāraṇam ”
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
śūrpa -
śūrpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
phala -
phala (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

phala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√phal (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
kumbhād -
kumbha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

kumbha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
yastasyā -
yasta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

yasta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√yas -> yasta (participle, masculine)

[genitive single from √yas class 4 verb]

√yas -> yasta (participle, neuter)

[genitive single from √yas class 4 verb]
aḥ -
a (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
sragdāmadhāraṇam -
sragdāmadhāraṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sragdāmadhāraṇa (noun, neuter)

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