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 7.103.6

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न च नाम शरीरस्य नाशे नश्यति चिन्नभः ।
देहे नष्टेऽपि बन्धूनां म्लेच्छैर्दृष्टा पिशाचता ॥ ६ ॥

na ca nāma śarīrasya nāśe naśyati cinnabhaḥ |
dehe naṣṭe'pi bandhūnāṃ mlecchairdṛṣṭā piśācatā || 6 ||

The loss of the body entails no loss on the vacuous intellect; because the departed souls of mlechchha savages, are seen to hover over the cemetery by their living friends.
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 (7.103.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Naman, Sharira, Nasha, Nashyat, Cinna, Bha, Deha, Nashta, Nashti, Api, Bandhu, Mleccha, Drishta, Pishacata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.103.6). 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: “na ca nāma śarīrasya nāśe naśyati cinnabhaḥ ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nāma -
nāman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
śarīrasya -
śarīra (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
nāśe -
nāśa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
naśyati -
naśyat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

naśyat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√naś -> naśyat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √naś class 4 verb]

√naś -> naśyat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √naś class 4 verb]

√naś (verb class 4)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
bhaḥ -
bha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

bhā (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “dehe naṣṭe'pi bandhūnāṃ mlecchairdṛṣṭā piśācatā ”
dehe -
deha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

deha (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
naṣṭe' -
naṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

naṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

naṣṭā (noun, feminine)

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

naṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√naś -> naṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √naś class 1 verb], [locative single from √naś class 4 verb]

√naś -> naṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √naś class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √naś class 1 verb], [locative single from √naś class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √naś class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √naś class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √naś class 4 verb], [locative single from √naś class 4 verb]

√naś -> naṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative single from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √naś class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √naś class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √naś class 4 verb], [vocative single from √naś class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √naś class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √naś class 4 verb]

√naś -> naṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √naś class 1 verb]

√naś -> naṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √naś class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √naś class 1 verb], [locative single from √naś class 1 verb]

√naś -> naṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative single from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √naś class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √naś class 1 verb]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
bandhūnām -
bandhu (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

bandhū (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

bandhū (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

bandhū (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
mlecchair -
mleccha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

mleccha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
dṛṣṭā -
dṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√dṛś -> dṛṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
piśācatā -
piśācatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]