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 7.93.88

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बाल्यं यौवनवद्याति यौवनं याति बाल्यवत् ।
उपमानोपमेयत्वं भङ्गुरत्वं मिथोऽनयोः ॥ ८८ ॥

bālyaṃ yauvanavadyāti yauvanaṃ yāti bālyavat |
upamānopameyatvaṃ bhaṅguratvaṃ mitho'nayoḥ || 88 ||

Our boyhood passes as quickly as our infancy, and our youth passes as soon as our boyish days; and here there is an equal transience, to be seen in both the comparison and the object compared with.
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 (7.93.88). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Balya, Bali, Yauvanavat, Yat, Yati, Yauvana, Balin, Avat, Upamana, Upameya, Tva, Yushmad, Bhangura, Mithah, Mithu, Ana, Iyam, Idam,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.93.88). 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: “bālyaṃ yauvanavadyāti yauvanaṃ yāti bālyavat ”
bālyam -
bālya (noun, neuter)

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

bālī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
yauvanavad -
yauvanavat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yauvanavat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
yāti -
yāti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

yāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

yāti (noun, neuter)

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

yāt (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yāt (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√yā (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
yauvanam -
yauvana (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [adverb]

yāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

yāti (noun, neuter)

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

yāt (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yāt (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√yā (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
bālya -
bālya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

bālī (noun, masculine)

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

bālī (noun, feminine)

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

bālī (noun, neuter)

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

bāli (noun, masculine)

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

bāli (noun, feminine)

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

bāli (noun, neuter)

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

bālin (noun, masculine)

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

bālin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
avat -
avat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

avat (noun, neuter)

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

√u -> avat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √u class 1 verb], [vocative single from √u class 1 verb], [accusative single from √u class 1 verb]
Line 2: “upamānopameyatvaṃ bhaṅguratvaṃ mitho'nayoḥ ”
upamāno -
upamāna (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

upameya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tvam -
tva (noun, neuter)

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

tva (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

bhaṅgura (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tvam -
tva (noun, neuter)

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

tva (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
mitho' -
mithaḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

mithaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

mithu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

mithu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
anayoḥ -
ana (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

iyam (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

idam (pronoun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]