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 7.118.19

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शिखी वार्यपि नादत्ते भूमेर्भुङ्क्ते बलादहिम् ।
दौरात्म्यं तन्न जाने किं सर्पस्य शिखिनोऽथवा ॥ १९ ॥

śikhī vāryapi nādatte bhūmerbhuṅkte balādahim |
daurātmyaṃ tanna jāne kiṃ sarpasya śikhino'thavā || 19 ||

The peacock instead of drinking water from the ground, snatches by force the snake from underneath; wherefore I am at a loss to know which of these to blame for its malice.
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 (7.118.19). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shikhi, Shikhin, Var, Vari, Varya, Api, Nada, Tta, Tti, Bhumi, Balat, Bala, Ahi, Dauratmya, Tan, Jana, Jani, Kim, Sarpa, Shikhina, Athava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.118.19). 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: “śikhī vāryapi nādatte bhūmerbhuṅkte balādahim ”
śikhī -
śikhī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

śikhi (noun, masculine)

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

śikhin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vārya -
vāri (noun, feminine)

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

vāri (noun, neuter)

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

vārī (noun, feminine)

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

vārya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vārya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vṛ -> vārya (participle, masculine)

[compound from √vṛ]

√vṛ -> vārya (participle, neuter)

[compound from √vṛ]

√vṛ -> vārya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √vṛ]

vār (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vār (noun, neuter)

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

√vṛ -> vārya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vṛ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √vṛ class 9 verb], [vocative single from √vṛ]

√vṛ -> vārya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √vṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vṛ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √vṛ class 9 verb], [vocative single from √vṛ]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
nāda -
nāda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
tte -
tta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

tta (noun, neuter)

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

ttā (noun, feminine)

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

tti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
bhūmer -
bhūmi (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

bhūmi (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
bhuṅkte -
√bhuj (verb class 7)

[present middle third single]
balād -
balāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

bala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

bala (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ahim -
ahi (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “daurātmyaṃ tanna jāne kiṃ sarpasya śikhino'thavā ”
daurātmyam -
daurātmya (noun, neuter)

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

[vocative single]
a -
a (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
jāne -
jāna (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

jāna (noun, neuter)

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

jāni (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

jāni (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√jñā (verb class 9)

[present middle first single]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
sarpasya -
sarpa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

sarpa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
śikhino' -
śikhin (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

śikhin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

śikhina (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
athavā -
athavā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]