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 1.32.17

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हिमवृष्टिरिवोदारा मुक्ताहारचयोपमा ।
ऐन्दवी रश्मिमालेव क्षीरोर्मीणामिवाततिः ॥ १७ ॥

himavṛṣṭirivodārā muktāhāracayopamā |
aindavī raśmimāleva kṣīrormīṇāmivātatiḥ || 17 ||

They resembled also as particles of snow-balls, or as the grains of a necklace of pearls or as beams of moon-light, or as the little billows of the sea of milk, or like drops of ice-cream.
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 (1.32.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Himavrishti, Iva, Udara, Muktahara, Caya, Upama, Aindavi, Rashmi, Ala, Ali, Kshira, Urmi, Atati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.32.17). 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: “himavṛṣṭirivodārā muktāhāracayopamā ”
himavṛṣṭir -
himavṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ivo -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
udārā* -
udāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

udārā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

muktāhāra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cayo -
caya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

caya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

cayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√cay (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]

√ci (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
upamā -
upamā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “aindavī raśmimāleva kṣīrormīṇāmivātatiḥ ”
aindavī -
aindavī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]
raśmim -
raśmi (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
āle -
āla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

āla (noun, neuter)

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

āli (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

āli (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√al (verb class 1)

[imperfect middle first single], [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kṣīro -
kṣīra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kṣīra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kṣīrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ūrmīṇām -
ūrmī (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

ūrmī (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

ūrmī (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ātatiḥ -
ātati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]