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 7.119.23

पार्श्वच्छायां हरन्तो विचलितविदलत्क्लिन्नकङ्कालगन्धास्तन्वन्तो भूरिभस्मप्रविततमिहिकामाधुनानाः शवानाम् ।
केशानाकाशकोशे शशिगलितशराकारिणः शांकराणामस्थीनां टांकृतेनारचितखरगिरस्तत्र वाता वहन्ति ॥ २३ ॥

pārśvacchāyāṃ haranto vicalitavidalatklinnakaṅkālagandhāstanvanto bhūribhasmapravitatamihikāmādhunānāḥ śavānām |
keśānākāśakośe śaśigalitaśarākāriṇaḥ śāṃkarāṇāmasthīnāṃ ṭāṃkṛtenāracitakharagirastatra vātā vahanti || 23 ||

Here hot winds were blowing from the funeral piles, as from the burning fire on Hara's head; and bearing the burnt ashes of the dead bodies, as a dark mist all around; they bore stink of the rotten bones to the air, and carried about the rustling noise of the bones jostling against one another.

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (7.119.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Parshva, Ccha, Bhuri, Bhasman, Pravitata, Kama, Dhunana, Shava, Kesha, Akasha, Kosha, Shashi, Galita, Sharaka, Ari, Arin, Shankara, Asthi, Tankrita, Aracita, Khara, Gir, Gira, Tatra, Vata, Vahanti, Vahat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.119.23). 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: “pārśvacchāyāṃ haranto vicalitavidalatklinnakaṅkālagandhāstanvanto bhūribhasmapravitatamihikāmādhunānāḥ śavānām
  • pārśva -
  • pārśva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pārśva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • cchāyā -
  • ccha (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    ccha (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • am -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • haranto* -
  • Cannot analyse vicalitavidalatklinnakaṅkālagandhāstanvanto*bh
  • bhūri -
  • bhūri (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhūri (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    bhūri (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhūrī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhūrī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhūrī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • bhasma -
  • bhasman (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    bhasman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • pravitatam -
  • pravitata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pravitata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pravitatā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ihi -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second single]
  • kāmā -
  • kāmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • dhunānāḥ -
  • dhunāna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    dhunānā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • śavānām -
  • śava (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    śava (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • Line 2: “keśānākāśakośe śaśigalitaśarākāriṇaḥ śāṃkarāṇāmasthīnāṃ ṭāṃkṛtenāracitakharagirastatra vātā vahanti
  • keśān -
  • keśa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ākāśa -
  • ākāśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ākāśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kośe -
  • kośa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kośā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • śaśi -
  • śaśī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    śaśin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • galita -
  • galita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    galita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śarākā -
  • śarāka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ariṇaḥ -
  • ari (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    arin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • śāṅkarāṇām -
  • śāṅkara (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    śāṅkara (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • asthīnām -
  • asthi (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • ṭāṅkṛtenā -
  • ṭāṅkṛta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • āracita -
  • āracita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āracita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • khara -
  • khara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    khara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • giras -
  • gir (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    gir (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    gir (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    gira (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • vātā* -
  • vāta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vātā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    -> vāta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √ class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √ class 2 verb]
    -> vātā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √ class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √ class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √ class 2 verb]
  • vahanti -
  • vahantī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    vah -> vahat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √vah class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vah class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √vah class 1 verb]
    vah -> vahantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √vah class 1 verb]
    vah (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.119.23

Cover of edition (1891)

Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)

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Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)

[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.

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Preview of verse 7.119.23 in Gujarati sript:
પાર્શ્વચ્છાયાં હરન્તો વિચલિતવિદલત્ક્લિન્નકઙ્કાલગન્ધાસ્તન્વન્તો ભૂરિભસ્મપ્રવિતતમિહિકામાધુનાનાઃ શવાનામ્ ।
કેશાનાકાશકોશે શશિગલિતશરાકારિણઃ શાંકરાણામસ્થીનાં ટાંકૃતેનારચિતખરગિરસ્તત્ર વાતા વહન્તિ ॥ ૨૩ ॥

Cover of edition (2019)

Vasishtha Rama Samvadam (Telugu)
by Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad (2019)

Set of 4 Volumes; 9789383972142.

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Preview of verse 7.119.23 in Telugu sript:
పార్శ్వచ్ఛాయాం హరన్తో విచలితవిదలత్క్లిన్నకఙ్కాలగన్ధాస్తన్వన్తో భూరిభస్మప్రవితతమిహికామాధునానాః శవానామ్ ।
కేశానాకాశకోశే శశిగలితశరాకారిణః శాంకరాణామస్థీనాం టాంకృతేనారచితఖరగిరస్తత్ర వాతా వహన్తి ॥ ౨౩ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

The Yogavasistha (Hindi translation)
by Khemraj Shrikrishnadass (2009)

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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