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 5.22.11

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देहाद्रिवलिताशेषविश्वोद्धरणघस्मरैः ।
क्वचिद्दनुसुतैर्व्याप्तश्चलद्भिरिव मेरुभिः ॥ ११ ॥

dehādrivalitāśeṣaviśvoddharaṇaghasmaraiḥ |
kvaciddanusutairvyāptaścaladbhiriva merubhiḥ || 11 ||

In other places there were the mountainous bodies of demons, walking in their lofty strides, and seeming to fling above the balls of the worlds as their bonbons, in order to devour them.
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 (5.22.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Deha, Valita, Ashesha, Vishva, Uddharana, Ghasmara, Meru,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.22.11). 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: “dehādrivalitāśeṣaviśvoddharaṇaghasmaraiḥ ”
dehād -
deha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

deha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ri -
rī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

rai (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
valitā -
valita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

valita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√val -> valita (participle, masculine)

[compound from √val]

√val -> valita (participle, neuter)

[compound from √val]

valitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√val -> valita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √val class 1 verb], [vocative single from √val]

√val -> valita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √val class 1 verb], [vocative single from √val]

√val -> valitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √val class 1 verb], [nominative single from √val]

√val (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
aśeṣa -
aśeṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aśeṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
viśvo -
viśva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

viśva (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

viśvā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

uddharaṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ghasmaraiḥ -
ghasmara (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

ghasmara (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “kvaciddanusutairvyāptaścaladbhiriva merubhiḥ ”
Cannot analyse kvaciddanusutairvyāptaścaladbhiriva*me
merubhiḥ -
meru (noun, feminine)

[instrumental plural]

meru (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]