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 7.123.5

दक्षिणो यक्षनगरे संप्रेक्ष्येक्षुरसार्णवे ।
शिक्षादक्षिणयाक्षिप्य यक्षिण्या कामुकीकृतः ॥ ५ ॥

dakṣiṇo yakṣanagare saṃprekṣyekṣurasārṇave |
śikṣādakṣiṇayākṣipya yakṣiṇyā kāmukīkṛtaḥ || 5 ||

He was then borne to the saccharine ocean on the south, and was there cast out in the island of Yakshas; where he was overpowered to the love of a female fiend by her art of enchantment, (or) where he was enchanted into the amour of a female Yakshi, by her skill in sorcery.

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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 (7.123.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dakshina, Yakshat, Prekshya, Ikshurasa, Arnava, Shiksha, Akshan, Akshi, Yakshini, Kamuki, Krit, Krita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.123.5). 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: “dakṣiṇo yakṣanagare saṃprekṣyekṣurasārṇave
  • dakṣiṇo* -
  • dakṣiṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • yakṣan -
  • yakṣ -> yakṣat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √yakṣ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √yakṣ class 1 verb]
  • agare -
  • gṛ (verb class 1)
    [imperfect middle first single]
  • sam -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • prekṣye -
  • prekṣya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    prekṣya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    prekṣyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ikṣurasā -
  • ikṣurasa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • arṇave -
  • arṇava (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    arṇava (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    arṇavā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “śikṣādakṣiṇayākṣipya yakṣiṇyā kāmukīkṛtaḥ
  • śikṣād -
  • śikṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • akṣi -
  • akṣan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    akṣi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    akṣī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    akṣī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    akṣī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ṇa -
  • ṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • kṣipya -
  • kṣip -> kṣipya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṣip]
    kṣip -> kṣipya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṣip]
    kṣip (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • yakṣiṇyā -
  • yakṣiṇī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    yakṣinī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
  • kāmukī -
  • kāmukī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • kṛtaḥ -
  • kṛt (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    kṛt (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    kṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ (verb class 2)
    [present active third dual]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.123.5

Cover of edition (1891)

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

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Cover of Gujarati edition

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

[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.

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Preview of verse 7.123.5 in Gujarati sript:
દક્ષિણો યક્ષનગરે સંપ્રેક્ષ્યેક્ષુરસાર્ણવે ।
શિક્ષાદક્ષિણયાક્ષિપ્ય યક્ષિણ્યા કામુકીકૃતઃ ॥ ૫ ॥

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 7.123.5 in Telugu sript:
దక్షిణో యక్షనగరే సంప్రేక్ష్యేక్షురసార్ణవే ।
శిక్షాదక్షిణయాక్షిప్య యక్షిణ్యా కాముకీకృతః ॥ ౫ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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