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 5.32.1

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श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
प्रह्राद इति संचिन्त्य कृत्वा नारायणीं तनुम् ।
पुनः संचिन्तयामास पूजार्थमसुरद्विषः ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
prahrāda iti saṃcintya kṛtvā nārāyaṇīṃ tanum |
punaḥ saṃcintayāmāsa pūjārthamasuradviṣaḥ || 1 ||

Vasishtha continued:—After Prahlada had meditated on Vishnu in the aforesaid manner, he made an image of him as Narayana himself, and thought upon worshipping that enemy of the Asura race.
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 (5.32.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shri, Vasishtha, Prahrada, Iti, Sancintya, Kritva, Kritvan, Narayani, Tanu, Puna, Puja, Artha, Asuradvish,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.32.1). 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: “śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca ”
śrī -
śrī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

śrī (noun, masculine)

[compound]
vasiṣṭha* -
vasiṣṭha (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: “prahrāda iti saṃcintya kṛtvā nārāyaṇīṃ tanum ”
prahrāda* -
prahrāda (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
sañcintya -
sañcintya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sañcintya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kṛtvā -
kṛtvā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

kṛtvan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
nārāyaṇīm -
nārāyaṇī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
tanum -
tanu (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
Line 3: “punaḥ saṃcintayāmāsa pūjārthamasuradviṣaḥ ”
punaḥ -
pu (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

puna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pū (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
sañ -
sa (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

sam (Preverb)

[Preverb]
cintayāmā -
√cint (verb class 10)

[imperative active first plural]
asa -
asan (noun, neuter)

[compound]
pūjā -
pūja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pūja (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pūjā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√pūj (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
artham -
artha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
asuradviṣaḥ -
asuradviṣ (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]