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 5.4.1

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श्रीवाल्मीकिरुवाच ।
मेघगम्भीरया वाचा विश्रब्धपदसुन्दरम् ।
इदं दशरथो वाक्यमुवाच मुनिनायकम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīvālmīkiruvāca |
meghagambhīrayā vācā viśrabdhapadasundaram |
idaṃ daśaratho vākyamuvāca munināyakam || 1 ||

Valmiki continued:—Then king Dasaratha made this speech to the chief of sages, and spoke in a voice sounding as a deep cloud, and in words equally graceful as they were worthy of confidence.
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 (5.4.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shri, Valmiki, Meghagambhira, Vaca, Vishrabdha, Pada, Sundaram, Sundara, Idam, Dasharatha, Vakya, Muni, Ayaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.4.1). 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: “śrīvālmīkiruvāca ”
śrī -
śrī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

śrī (noun, masculine)

[compound]
vālmīkir -
vālmīki (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “meghagambhīrayā vācā viśrabdhapadasundaram ”
meghagambhīrayā -
meghagambhīrā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
vācā* -
vācā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

vāca (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
viśrabdha -
viśrabdha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

viśrabdha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pada -
pada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√pad (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
sundaram -
sundaram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sundara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sundara (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

sundarā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 3: “idaṃ daśaratho vākyamuvāca munināyakam ”
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
daśaratho* -
daśaratha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vākyam -
vākya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

√vac -> vākya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]

√vac -> vākya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative single from √vac class 3 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]

√vak -> vākya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vak class 1 verb]

√vak -> vākya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vak class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vak class 1 verb]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
muninā -
muni (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

muni (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
āyakam -
āyaka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

āyaka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

āyakā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]