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 3.20.23

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स्थितो ब्राह्मणगेहान्तर्द्विजजीवस्तदम्बरे ।
ससमुद्रवना पृथ्वी स्थिताब्ज इव षट्पदः ॥ २३ ॥

sthito brāhmaṇagehāntardvijajīvastadambare |
sasamudravanā pṛthvī sthitābja iva ṣaṭpadaḥ || 23 ||

The spirit of the Brahman resided in the vacuity of his house (the body), with the seas and forests and the earth (i. e. their impressions) within itself, as the bee abides in the lotus.
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 (3.20.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sthita, Brahmana, Geha, Antar, Dvija, Jiva, Tadam, Tada, Bara, Sasa, Udra, Vana, Prithvi, Abja, Iva, Shatpad, Shatpada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.20.23). 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: “sthito brāhmaṇagehāntardvijajīvastadambare ”
sthito* -
sthita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
brāhmaṇa -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
gehā -
geha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

gehā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
antar -
antar (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

antar (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
dvija -
dvija (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dvija (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jīvas -
jīva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tadam -
tadam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tadā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

tada (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
bare -
bara (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

barā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “sasamudravanā pṛthvī sthitābja iva ṣaṭpadaḥ ”
sasam -
sasa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sasa (noun, neuter)

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

sasā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
udra -
udra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

udra (noun, neuter)

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

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

[compound], [nominative single]
sthitā -
sthita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sthita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sthitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> sthitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
abja* -
abja (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ṣaṭpadaḥ -
ṣaṭpad (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

ṣaṭpad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

ṣaṭpada (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]