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 5.58.4

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विष्णोः क्षीरोद इव स्वर्गः सुरपतेरिव ।
अब्जजस्येव नाभ्यब्जं गृहं यः शशिमौलिनः ॥ ४ ॥

viṣṇoḥ kṣīroda iva svargaḥ surapateriva |
abjajasyeva nābhyabjaṃ gṛhaṃ yaḥ śaśimaulinaḥ || 4 ||

It was as milk-white, as the bed of Vishnu in the milky ocean, and as bright as the empyrean of Indra in heaven;it was as fair as the seat of Brahma, in the pericarp of the lotus; and as snow-white as the snowy peak of Kedara, the favourite seat of Siva.
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 (5.58.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vishnu, Kshiroda, Iva, Svarga, Surapati, Abjaja, Nabhyabja, Grih, Yah, Shashimaulin, Shashimauli,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.58.4). 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: “viṣṇoḥ kṣīroda iva svargaḥ surapateriva ”
viṣṇoḥ -
viṣṇu (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

viṣṇu (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
kṣīroda* -
kṣīroda (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
svargaḥ -
svarga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
surapater -
surapati (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “abjajasyeva nābhyabjaṃ gṛhaṃ yaḥ śaśimaulinaḥ ”
abjajasye -
abjaja (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
nābhyabjam -
nābhyabja (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nābhyabja (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
gṛham -
gṛha (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

gṛhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

gṛh (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
yaḥ -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śaśimaulinaḥ -
śaśimaulin (noun, masculine)

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

śaśimaulin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

śaśimaulī (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]