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 4.23.5

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नेत्रवातायनोद्द्योतप्रकाशभुवनान्तरा ।
करप्रतोलीविस्तारप्राप्तपादोपजाङ्गला ॥ ५ ॥

netravātāyanoddyotaprakāśabhuvanāntarā |
karapratolīvistāraprāptapādopajāṅgalā || 5 ||

The eyes are the windows of this city, letting out the light for the sight of distant worlds, the two arms are as the two valves of this city-gate, with the hands like latches reaching to the knees.
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 (4.23.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Netravan, Tayana, Uddyota, Prakasha, Bhuvana, Tara, Kara, Pratoli, Vistara, Prapta, Pada, Padu, Upaja, Anga,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.23.5). 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: “netravātāyanoddyotaprakāśabhuvanāntarā ”
netravā -
netravan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tāyano -
tāyana (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

uddyota (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

prakāśa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhuvanān -
bhuvana (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

bhuvanā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
tarā -
tarā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “karapratolīvistāraprāptapādopajāṅgalā ”
kara -
kara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kṛ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
pratolī -
pratolī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]
vistāra -
vistāra (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

prāpta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pādo -
pāda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pādu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
upajā -
upaja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

upaja (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

upajā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

aṅga (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√aṅg (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
lā -
lā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]