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 3.24.53

क्वचित्प्रेतेशमहिषमहिम्ना वामनाम्बुदम् ।
क्वचिदश्वैस्तृणग्रामशङ्काग्रस्तासिताम्बुदम् ॥ ५३ ॥

kvacitpreteśamahiṣamahimnā vāmanāmbudam |
kvacidaśvaistṛṇagrāmaśaṅkāgrastāsitāmbudam || 53 ||

Dwarfish clouds were moving like the stout buffaloes of Yama; and others in the form of horses, were grazing on the grassy meadows of clouds.

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.24.53). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kva, Acit, Pretesha, Ahi, Sha, Vamana, Ambuda, Ashva, Trina, Grama, Shanka, Agrasta, Asita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.24.53). 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: “kvacitpreteśamahiṣamahimnā vāmanāmbudam
  • kva -
  • ku (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    kva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ku (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
  • acit -
  • acit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    acit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    acit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • preteśam -
  • preteśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • ahi -
  • ahi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ahī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    ahī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • ṣam -
  • ṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ṣa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ṣā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ahim -
  • ahi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • nā* -
  • na (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vāmanā -
  • vāmana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vāmana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vāmanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ambudam -
  • ambuda (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “kvacidaśvaistṛṇagrāmaśaṅkāgrastāsitāmbudam
  • kva -
  • ku (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    kva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ku (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
  • acid -
  • acit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    acit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    acit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • aśvais -
  • aśva (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • tṛṇa -
  • tṛṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tṛṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • grāma -
  • grāma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    grāma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śaṅkā -
  • śaṅka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śaṅkā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • agrastā -
  • agrasta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    agrasta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    agrastā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āsitā -
  • āsita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āsita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ās -> āsita (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √ās]
    ās -> āsita (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √ās]
    as -> āsita (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √as]
    as -> āsita (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √as]
    āsitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    ās -> āsita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ās]
    ās -> āsita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ās]
    ās -> āsitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √ās]
    as -> āsita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √as]
    as -> āsita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √as]
    as -> āsitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √as]
    ās (verb class 2)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • ambudam -
  • ambuda (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.24.53

Cover of edition (1891)

Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)

[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.

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Preview of verse 3.24.53 in Gujarati sript:
ક્વચિત્પ્રેતેશમહિષમહિમ્ના વામનામ્બુદમ્ ।
ક્વચિદશ્વૈસ્તૃણગ્રામશઙ્કાગ્રસ્તાસિતામ્બુદમ્ ॥ ૫૩ ॥

Cover of edition (2019)

Vasishtha Rama Samvadam (Telugu)
by Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad (2019)

Set of 4 Volumes; 9789383972142.

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Preview of verse 3.24.53 in Telugu sript:
క్వచిత్ప్రేతేశమహిషమహిమ్నా వామనామ్బుదమ్ ।
క్వచిదశ్వైస్తృణగ్రామశఙ్కాగ్రస్తాసితామ్బుదమ్ ॥ ౫౩ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

The Yogavasistha (Hindi translation)
by Khemraj Shrikrishnadass (2009)

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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