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 7.187.2

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सत्स्वसंख्येषु देवेषु सूर्य एवोग्रभाः कथम् ।
दीर्घत्वमथ ह्रस्वत्वं दिवसानां तु किंकृतम् ॥ २ ॥

satsvasaṃkhyeṣu deveṣu sūrya evograbhāḥ katham |
dīrghatvamatha hrasvatvaṃ divasānāṃ tu kiṃkṛtam || 2 ||

Say why is the sun so very shining among the myriads of gods, and cause is it that lengthens and shortens, the durations of days and nights.
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 (7.187.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sat, Sad, Asankhya, Deva, Suri, Surya, Eva, Grabha, Katham, Katha, Dirghatva, Atha, Hrasvatva, Divasa, Kim, 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 7.187.2). 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: “satsvasaṃkhyeṣu deveṣu sūrya evograbhāḥ katham ”
satsva -
sat (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

sat (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

sad (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

sad (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
asaṅkhyeṣu -
asaṅkhya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

asaṅkhya (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
deveṣu -
deveṣu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

deva (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

deva (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
sūrya* -
sūrī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sūrya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√sūr -> sūrya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sūr class 4 verb], [nominative single from √sūr class 10 verb]
evo -
eva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
grabhāḥ -
grabha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “dīrghatvamatha hrasvatvaṃ divasānāṃ tu kiṃkṛtam ”
dīrghatvam -
dīrghatva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
hrasvatvam -
hrasvatva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
divasānām -
divasa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
kiṅ -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
kṛtam -
kṛta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kṛta (noun, neuter)

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

kṛtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

kṛt (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[imperative active second dual]