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 1.25.23

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एकस्मिञ्छ्रवणे दीप्ता हिमवानस्थिमुद्रिका ।
अपरे च महामेरुः कान्ता काञ्चनकर्णिका ॥ २३ ॥

ekasmiñchravaṇe dīptā himavānasthimudrikā |
apare ca mahāmeruḥ kāntā kāñcanakarṇikā || 23 ||

The snow-capt Himalaya, appears like a circlet of bones in the upper loop of his right ear, and the mount Meru as a golden areola in that of the left.
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 (1.25.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Eka, Shravana, Dipta, Himavat, Asthi, Mudrika, Apara, Mahameru, Kanta, Kancanaka, Rinin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.25.23). 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: “ekasmiñchravaṇe dīptā himavānasthimudrikā ”
ekasmiñch -
eka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

eka (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
śravaṇe -
śravaṇā (noun, feminine)

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

śravaṇa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

śravaṇa (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
dīptā* -
dīpta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

dīptā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
himavān -
himavat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
asthi -
asthi (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
mudrikā -
mudrikā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “apare ca mahāmeruḥ kāntā kāñcanakarṇikā ”
apare -
apara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [locative single]

apara (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

aparā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mahāmeruḥ -
mahāmeru (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kāntā -
kāntā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√kam -> kāntā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √kam class 1 verb]
kāñcanakar -
kāñcanaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kāñcanaka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kāñcanakā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ṛṇi -
ṛṇin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ṛṇin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
kā -
kā (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]