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 1.21.5

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मेरुश्रृंगतटोल्लासिगंगाजलरयोपमा ।
दृष्टा यस्मिन्स्तने मुक्ताहारस्योल्लासशालिता ॥ ५ ॥

meruśrṛṃgataṭollāsigaṃgājalarayopamā |
dṛṣṭā yasminstane muktāhārasyollāsaśālitā || 5 ||

The breasts of women decorated with strings of pearl, appear as charming as the pinnacles of Sumeru, washed by the waters of Ganges falling upon them.
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 (1.21.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Drishta, Yah, Yat, Stana, Muktahara, Ullasa, Shalita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.21.5). 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: “meruśrṛṃgataṭollāsigaṃgājalarayopamā ”
Cannot analyse meruśrṛṅgataṭollāsigaṅgājalarayopamā
Line 2: “dṛṣṭā yasminstane muktāhārasyollāsaśālitā ”
dṛṣṭā* -
dṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

dṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √dṛś class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √dṛś class 1 verb]

√dṛś -> dṛṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √dṛś class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √dṛś class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √dṛś class 1 verb]
yasmin -
ya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[locative single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[locative single]
stane -
stana (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
muktāhārasyo -
muktāhāra (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

muktāhāra (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
ullāsa -
ullāsa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
śālitā -
śālitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√śāl -> śālitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √śāl class 10 verb]

√śāl (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]