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 4.28.22

छिन्नैः शिरःकरभुजोरुभरैर्भ्रमद्भिराकाशकाष्ठशलभैरशिवैस्तदानीम् ।
आसीज्जगज्जठरमभ्रभरैरिवोग्रैराभास्करस्थगितदिक्तटशैलजालम् ॥ २२ ॥

chinnaiḥ śiraḥkarabhujorubharairbhramadbhirākāśakāṣṭhaśalabhairaśivaistadānīm |
āsījjagajjaṭharamabhrabharairivograirābhāskarasthagitadiktaṭaśailajālam || 22 ||

They then wandered in the sky like flights of inauspicious locusts, with their bodies pierced in the heads, hands, arms, and breasts, and filled the vault of the world like the flying clouds, obscuring the sun and the sides of heaven, and the surface and heights of the earth.

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

Chinna, Shira, Shiras, Karabhu, Uru, Bhara, Bhramat, Akasha, Kashtha, Shalabha, Ashiva, Tadanim,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.28.22). 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: “chinnaiḥ śiraḥkarabhujorubharairbhramadbhirākāśakāṣṭhaśalabhairaśivaistadānīm
  • chinnaiḥ -
  • chinna (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    chinna (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • śiraḥ -
  • śiras (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    śira (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • karabhu -
  • karabhū (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • jo -
  • ja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ja (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • uru -
  • uru (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    uru (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    uru (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • bharair -
  • bhara (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    bhara (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • bhramadbhir -
  • bhramat (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    bhramat (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • ākāśa -
  • ākāśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ākāśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kāṣṭha -
  • kāṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kāṣṭha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śalabhair -
  • śalabha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • aśivais -
  • aśiva (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    aśiva (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • tadānīm -
  • tadānīm (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Line 2: “āsījjagajjaṭharamabhrabharairivograirābhāskarasthagitadiktaṭaśailajālam
  • Cannot analyse āsījjagajjaṭharamabhrabharairivograirābhāskarasthagitadiktaṭaśailajālam

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.28.22

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 4.28.22 in Gujarati sript:
છિન્નૈઃ શિરઃકરભુજોરુભરૈર્ભ્રમદ્ભિરાકાશકાષ્ઠશલભૈરશિવૈસ્તદાનીમ્ ।
આસીજ્જગજ્જઠરમભ્રભરૈરિવોગ્રૈરાભાસ્કરસ્થગિતદિક્તટશૈલજાલમ્ ॥ ૨૨ ॥

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 4.28.22 in Telugu sript:
ఛిన్నైః శిరఃకరభుజోరుభరైర్భ్రమద్భిరాకాశకాష్ఠశలభైరశివైస్తదానీమ్ ।
ఆసీజ్జగజ్జఠరమభ్రభరైరివోగ్రైరాభాస్కరస్థగితదిక్తటశైలజాలమ్ ॥ ౨౨ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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