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 5.82.9

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बद्धपद्मासनस्तस्थौ पार्ष्ण्योरधिकराङ्गुलिः ।
शृङ्गवच्छान्तचलनमतिष्ठत्स्पष्टकन्धरम् ॥ ९ ॥

baddhapadmāsanastasthau pārṣṇyoradhikarāṅguliḥ |
śṛṅgavacchāntacalanamatiṣṭhatspaṣṭakandharam || 9 ||

He sat there in the posture of padmasana with his legs crossed upon one another, and held his heels with the fingers of both his hands, and remained with his uplifted head, like the fast and fixed peak of a mountain summit.
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 (5.82.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Baddhapadmasana, Tastha, Parshni, Adhika, Anguli, Shringavat, Shanta, Calana, Atishthat, Spashta, Kandhara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.82.9). 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: “baddhapadmāsanastasthau pārṣṇyoradhikarāṅguliḥ ”
baddhapadmāsanas -
baddhapadmāsana (noun, masculine)

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

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

√sthā (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
pārṣṇyor -
pārṣṇi (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]
adhika -
adhika (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

adhika (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rā -
ra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

rā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aṅguliḥ -
aṅguli (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “śṛṅgavacchāntacalanamatiṣṭhatspaṣṭakandharam ”
śṛṅgavacch -
śṛṅgavat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

śṛṅgavat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
śānta -
śānta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śānta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√śam -> śānta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √śam class 4 verb], [vocative single from √śam class 9 verb]

√śam -> śānta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √śam class 4 verb], [vocative single from √śam class 9 verb]
calanam -
calana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

calana (noun, neuter)

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

calanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
atiṣṭhat -
atiṣṭhat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

atiṣṭhat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

√sthā (verb class 1)

[imperfect active third single]
spaṣṭa -
spaṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

spaṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√spaś -> spaṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √spaś class 1 verb]

√spaś -> spaṣṭa (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √spaś class 1 verb]
kandharam -
kandhara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]