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 3.78.12

तिमिरैकार्णवौर्वाग्निज्वालाविवलनामिव ।
गर्जद्धनघटाटोपपीवरासितकन्धराम् ॥ १२ ॥

timiraikārṇavaurvāgnijvālāvivalanāmiva |
garjaddhanaghaṭāṭopapīvarāsitakandharām || 12 ||

The darkness of her appearance, cast into shade, the deep dark waters of the deep at the universal deluge; which hid the flame of the submarine fire under them; and her voice was as hoarse as the growling of clouds on the high heads of hills.

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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 (3.78.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Timira, Ekarnava, Jvala, Iva, Namin, Nami, Garjat, Hana, Ghatatopa, Pivara, Sita, Kandhara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.78.12). 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: “timiraikārṇavaurvāgnijvālāvivalanāmiva
  • timirai -
  • timira (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    timira (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    timirā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ekārṇavau -
  • ekārṇava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • aurvāgni -
  • aurvāgni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • jvālāvi -
  • jvāla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • la -
  • la (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nāmi -
  • nāmi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    nāmin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    nāmin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    nāmī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    nāmī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    nāmī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • va -
  • va (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “garjaddhanaghaṭāṭopapīvarāsitakandharām
  • garjaddh -
  • garjat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    garjat (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    garjat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • hana -
  • hana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    han (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ghaṭāṭopa -
  • ghaṭāṭopa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pīvarā -
  • pīvarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sita -
  • sita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    -> sita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ class 4 verb]
    -> sita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ class 4 verb]
    si -> sita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √si class 5 verb], [vocative single from √si class 9 verb]
    si -> sita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √si class 5 verb], [vocative single from √si class 9 verb]
  • kandharā -
  • kandhara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • am -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.78.12

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 3.78.12 in Gujarati sript:
તિમિરૈકાર્ણવૌર્વાગ્નિજ્વાલાવિવલનામિવ ।
ગર્જદ્ધનઘટાટોપપીવરાસિતકન્ધરામ્ ॥ ૧૨ ॥

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 3.78.12 in Telugu sript:
తిమిరైకార్ణవౌర్వాగ్నిజ్వాలావివలనామివ ।
గర్జద్ధనఘటాటోపపీవరాసితకన్ధరామ్ ॥ ౧౨ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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