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 3.18.31

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मेरुस्तम्भस्थलोकेशपुरन्ध्रीशालभञ्जिकः ।
चतुर्दशापवरकस्त्रिगर्तो भानुदीपकः ॥ ३१ ॥

merustambhasthalokeśapurandhrīśālabhañjikaḥ |
caturdaśāpavarakastrigarto bhānudīpakaḥ || 31 ||

The Meru (the polar axle or mountain) is its pillar, beset around by the regents of the ten sides, as statues carved upon it. The fourteen regions are as so many apartments of it, and the hollow concavity containing the three worlds, is lighted by the lamp of the luminous sun.
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 (3.18.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Meru, Bha, Tha, Lokesha, Purandhri, Shalabhanji, Kah, Caturdasha, Caturdashan, Apavaraka, Trigarta, Dipaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.18.31). 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: “merustambhasthalokeśapurandhrīśālabhañjikaḥ ”
merus -
meru (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

meru (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tam -
ta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

tan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
bhas -
bha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

bhā (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
tha -
tha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tha (noun, neuter)

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

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

[compound], [nominative single]

purandhri (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
śālabhañji -
śālabhañjī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
kaḥ -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “caturdaśāpavarakastrigarto bhānudīpakaḥ ”
caturdaśā -
caturdaśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

caturdaśa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

caturdaśan (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

caturdaśan (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
apavarakas -
apavaraka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
trigarto* -
trigarta (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [adverb]

bhānu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
dīpakaḥ -
dīpaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]