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 5.54.1

< Previous

Next >

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
इति निर्णीय ततया धिया धवलया मुनिः ।
बद्धपद्मासनस्तस्थावर्धोन्मीलितलोचनः ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
iti nirṇīya tatayā dhiyā dhavalayā muniḥ |
baddhapadmāsanastasthāvardhonmīlitalocanaḥ || 1 ||

Vasishtha continued:—Thinking himself to be raised to this state of his transcendence, the saint sat in his posture of padmasana with his half shut eye-lids, and began to meditate in his translucent mind.
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 (5.54.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shri, Vasishtha, Iti, Tata, Dhi, Dhavala, Muni, Baddhapadmasana, Tastha, Ardha, Unmilitalocana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.54.1). 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: “iti nirṇīya tatayā dhiyā dhavalayā muniḥ ”
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
Cannot analyse nirṇīya*ta
tatayā -
tatā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

√tan -> tatā (participle, feminine)

[instrumental single from √tan class 8 verb]
dhiyā* -
dhī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
dhavalayā -
dhavalā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
muniḥ -
muni (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 3: “baddhapadmāsanastasthāvardhonmīlitalocanaḥ ”
baddhapadmāsanas -
baddhapadmāsana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tasthāva -
tastha (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

√sthā (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
ardho -
ardha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ardha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ardhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
unmīlitalocanaḥ -
unmīlitalocana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]