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 5.20.27

यश्चातको हिमगिरौ यो राजा पौण्ड्रमण्डले ।
व्याघ्रो यः सह्यकुञ्जेषु स एवाहं तवाग्रजः ॥ २७ ॥

yaścātako himagirau yo rājā pauṇḍramaṇḍale |
vyāghro yaḥ sahyakuñjeṣu sa evāhaṃ tavāgrajaḥ || 27 ||

I who had been a chataka bird in the Himalayas, and a prince in the Paundra province; and then as a mighty tiger in the forests of the sahya hill, am now become your elder brother.

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

Yah, Cataka, Himagiri, Raja, Rajan, Raj, Paundra, Anda, Vyaghra, Sahya, Kunja, Sah, Eva, Aha, Asmad, Yushmad, Agraja,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.20.27). 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: “yaścātako himagirau yo rājā pauṇḍramaṇḍale
  • yaś -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cātako* -
  • cātaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • himagirau -
  • himagiri (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • yo* -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • rājā -
  • rājā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    rājan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    rāj (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    rāj (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • pauṇḍram -
  • pauṇḍra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pauṇḍra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • aṇḍa -
  • aṇḍa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • le -
  • la (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    li (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “vyāghro yaḥ sahyakuñjeṣu sa evāhaṃ tavāgrajaḥ
  • vyāghro* -
  • vyāghra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • yaḥ -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sahya -
  • sahya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sahya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sah -> sahya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √sah]
    sah -> sahya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √sah]
    sah -> sahya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √sah class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sah class 10 verb]
    sah -> sahya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √sah class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sah class 10 verb]
    sah -> sahya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √sah class 4 verb]
    sah -> sahya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √sah class 4 verb]
    sah (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • kuñjeṣu -
  • kuñja (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
  • sa* -
  • saḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • evā -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aham -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • tavā -
  • yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive single]
  • agrajaḥ -
  • agraja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.20.27

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 5.20.27 in Gujarati sript:
યશ્ચાતકો હિમગિરૌ યો રાજા પૌણ્ડ્રમણ્ડલે ।
વ્યાઘ્રો યઃ સહ્યકુઞ્જેષુ સ એવાહં તવાગ્રજઃ ॥ ૨૭ ॥

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 5.20.27 in Telugu sript:
యశ్చాతకో హిమగిరౌ యో రాజా పౌణ్డ్రమణ్డలే ।
వ్యాఘ్రో యః సహ్యకుఞ్జేషు స ఏవాహం తవాగ్రజః ॥ ౨౭ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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