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 3.39.3

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भूपातालनभोदिग्भ्यः प्रलयब्धिजलौघवत् ।
समाजग्मुस्तनत्ताला वेताला वलया इव ॥ ३ ॥

bhūpātālanabhodigbhyaḥ pralayabdhijalaughavat |
samājagmustanattālā vetālā valayā iva || 3 ||

Thick darkness overspread the face of heaven and earth like the waters of the great deluge, and there appeared a body of ghosts (Vetalas), dancing in a ring and clapping their hands.
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 (3.39.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhupata, Dish, Pra, Abdhija, Oghavat, Sama, Tanat, Tala, Vetala, Valaya, Iva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.39.3). 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: “bhūpātālanabhodigbhyaḥ pralayabdhijalaughavat ”
bhūpātā -
bhūpāta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ālan -
√al (verb class 1)

[imperfect active third plural]
abho -
√bhṛ (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second single], [imperfect active third single]
digbhyaḥ -
diś (noun, feminine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
pra -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
ya -
i (noun, masculine)

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

ī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
abdhija -
abdhija (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

abdhija (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
lau -
la (noun, masculine)

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

lā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

li (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
oghavat -
oghavat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

oghavat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “samājagmustanattālā vetālā valayā iva ”
samā -
samā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

samā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
jagmus -
√gam (verb class 1)

[perfect active third plural]

√gam (verb class 2)

[perfect active third plural]

√gam (verb class 3)

[perfect active third plural]
tanat -
√tan -> tanat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √tan class 1 verb], [vocative single from √tan class 1 verb], [accusative single from √tan class 1 verb]
tālā* -
tāla (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tālā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vetālā* -
vetāla (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vetālā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
valayā* -
valaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

valayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]