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 7.97.23

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कल्लोलैरुह्यमानानां नृणां संसारसागरे ।
अज्ञाता दिवसा यान्ति तृणानामिव बिन्दवः ॥ २३ ॥

kallolairuhyamānānāṃ nṛṇāṃ saṃsārasāgare |
ajñātā divasā yānti tṛṇānāmiva bindavaḥ || 23 ||

Men are carried away as straws, by the waves in the eventful ocean of the world; and their days are passing away as insensibly (rapidly), as the dew drops are falling off from the blades of grass.
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 (7.97.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kallola, Uhyamana, Nri, Samsarasagara, Ajnata, Divasa, Yantin, Yanti, Trina, Iva, Bindu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.97.23). 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: “kallolairuhyamānānāṃ nṛṇāṃ saṃsārasāgare ”
kallolair -
kallola (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

kallola (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
uhyamānānām -
√uh -> uhyamāna (participle, masculine)

[genitive plural from √uh class 1 verb]

√uh -> uhyamāna (participle, neuter)

[genitive plural from √uh class 1 verb]

√uh -> uhyamānā (participle, feminine)

[genitive plural from √uh class 1 verb]

√vah -> uhyamāna (participle, masculine)

[genitive plural from √vah class 1 verb]

√vah -> uhyamāna (participle, neuter)

[genitive plural from √vah class 1 verb]

√vah -> uhyamānā (participle, feminine)

[genitive plural from √vah class 1 verb]
nṛṇām -
nṛ (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
saṃsārasāgare -
saṃsārasāgara (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
Line 2: “ajñātā divasā yānti tṛṇānāmiva bindavaḥ ”
ajñātā* -
ajñāta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ajñātā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
divasā* -
divasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
yānti -
yāntin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

yāntin (noun, neuter)

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

yāntī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

yāntī (noun, feminine)

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

yāntī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
tṛṇānām -
tṛṇa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

tṛṇa (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
bindavaḥ -
bindu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]