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 3.34.2

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चलत्पद्मं सर इव वहद्विहगमेव च ।
नभः शूरशिरःकीर्णं भाति तारकिताकृति ॥ २ ॥

calatpadmaṃ sara iva vahadvihagameva ca |
nabhaḥ śūraśiraḥkīrṇaṃ bhāti tārakitākṛti || 2 ||

Lo! here the ground has become a lake of blood, with the heads of the slaughtered hosts floating as lotuses upon it; and there the air has become as the starry heaven, glittering with broken weapons, flying like birds in the sky.
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 (3.34.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sara, Saras, Iva, Vahat, Vihaga, Eva, Nabh, Nabha, Nabhas, Shura, Shira, Shiras, Kirna, Tarakita, Akritin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.34.2). 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: “calatpadmaṃ sara iva vahadvihagameva ca ”
Cannot analyse calatpadmam*sa
sara* -
saras (noun, neuter)

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

sara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vahad -
vahat (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

√vah -> vahat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vah class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vah class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vah class 1 verb]
vihagam -
vihaga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “nabhaḥ śūraśiraḥkīrṇaṃ bhāti tārakitākṛti ”
nabhaḥ -
nabhas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

nabhas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

nabh (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

nabha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śūra -
śūra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śūra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śiraḥ -
śiras (noun, neuter)

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

śira (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kīrṇam -
kīrṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kīrṇa (noun, neuter)

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

kīrṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√kṝ -> kīrṇa (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]

√kṝ -> kīrṇa (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṝ class 9 verb], [accusative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]
bhāti -
bhāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√bhā (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
tārakitā -
tārakita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tārakita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tārakitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
akṛti -
akṛtin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

akṛtin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]