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 5.52.4

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स तत्प्रस्तारयामास पृष्ठे चारु मृगाजिनम् ।
नीलरत्नतटे मेरुस्तारासारमिवाम्बरम् ॥ ४ ॥

sa tatprastārayāmāsa pṛṣṭhe cāru mṛgājinam |
nīlaratnataṭe merustārāsāramivāmbaram || 4 ||

He then spread over it his carpet of deerskin, as the bedding of stars, is laid over the strata of the blue clouds of heaven.
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 (5.52.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tat, Tad, Prastara, Yama, Yaman, Prishthe, Prishtha, Caru, Mrigajina, Nilaratna, Tata, Meru, Tara, Asara, Iva, Ambara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.52.4). 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: “sa tatprastārayāmāsa pṛṣṭhe cāru mṛgājinam ”
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
prastāra -
prastāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
yāmā -
yāma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yāman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

yāma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

yāmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√yā (verb class 2)

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

[compound]
pṛṣṭhe -
pṛṣṭhe (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pṛṣṭha (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
cāru -
cāru (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

cāru (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāru (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
mṛgājinam -
mṛgājina (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “nīlaratnataṭe merustārāsāramivāmbaram ”
nīlaratna -
nīlaratna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
taṭe -
taṭa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√taṭ (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
merus -
meru (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

meru (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tārā -
tāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tāra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tārā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
asāram -
asāra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

asāra (noun, neuter)

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

asārā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ambaram -
ambara (noun, neuter)

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

ambara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ambarā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]