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 7.179.5

< Previous

Next >

क्व देहावयवाः क्वान्त्रवेष्टनी क्वास्थिपञ्जरम् ।
व्योमेवाप्रतिघं विद्धि देहं सप्रतिघोपमम् ॥ ५ ॥

kva dehāvayavāḥ kvāntraveṣṭanī kvāsthipañjaram |
vyomevāpratighaṃ viddhi dehaṃ sapratighopamam || 5 ||

What are these living bodies and their limbs and members, what are these entrails of theirs, and these bony frames of them? Are they not but mere shadows of ghosts and spirits, appearing as visible and tangible to us.
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 (7.179.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kva, Deha, Ayava, Antra, Veshta, Asthipanjara, Vyoman, Vyoma, Iva, Apratigha, Sapratigha, Upama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.179.5). 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: “kva dehāvayavāḥ kvāntraveṣṭanī kvāsthipañjaram ”
kva -
kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
dehāva -
deha (noun, masculine)

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

√dih (verb class 2)

[imperative active first dual]
ayavāḥ -
ayava (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ayavā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kvā -
ku (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ku (noun, feminine)

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

kū (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
āntra -
āntra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
veṣṭa -
veṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

veṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√ves -> veṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √ves class 1 verb]

√ves -> veṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √ves class 1 verb]
nī -
nī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

nī (noun, feminine)

[compound]

ni (noun, masculine)

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

ni (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
kvā -
kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ku (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
asthipañjaram -
asthipañjara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
Line 2: “vyomevāpratighaṃ viddhi dehaṃ sapratighopamam ”
vyome -
vyoman (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

vyoman (noun, neuter)

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

vyoma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
apratigham -
apratigha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

apratigha (noun, neuter)

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

apratighā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
viddhi -
viddhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√vid (verb class 2)

[imperative active second single]
deham -
deha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

deha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
sapratigho -
sapratigha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sapratigha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sapratighā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
upamam -
upama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

upama (noun, neuter)

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

upamā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]