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 3.85.2

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पुरा मया हि भगवान्पृष्टः कमलसंभवः ।
इमे कथमुपायान्ति ब्रह्मन्सर्गगणा इति ॥ २ ॥

purā mayā hi bhagavānpṛṣṭaḥ kamalasaṃbhavaḥ |
ime kathamupāyānti brahmansargagaṇā iti || 2 ||

I had asked the lotus-born god once before, to tell me how these hosts of creation had come to being.
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 (3.85.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pura, Maya, Bhagavat, Prishta, Kamalasambhava, Iyam, Idam, Katham, Katha, Upaya, Anti, Iti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.85.2). 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: “purā mayā hi bhagavānpṛṣṭaḥ kamalasaṃbhavaḥ ”
purā* -
pura (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

purā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
mayā* -
maya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
bhagavān -
bhagavat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pṛṣṭaḥ -
pṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√pṛṣ -> pṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √pṛṣ class 1 verb]

√praś -> pṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √praś class 6 verb]
kamalasambhavaḥ -
kamalasambhava (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “ime kathamupāyānti brahmansargagaṇā iti ”
ime -
iyam (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

idam (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
upāyā -
upāya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

upāyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
anti -
anti (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

anti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

antī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
Cannot analyse brahmansargagaṇā*it
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]