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 6.12.3

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इत्यलक्ष्यचमत्कारा नारायणभुजा इव ।
ऋजवः स्खलिताकारा अपरा इव मेरवः ॥ ३ ॥

ityalakṣyacamatkārā nārāyaṇabhujā iva |
ṛjavaḥ skhalitākārā aparā iva meravaḥ || 3 ||

They remain as unseen and marvelously mighty, as the arms of Narayana (god);and as straight and firm and yet as low and fragile as the body and broken rocks of mount Meru on earth.
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 (6.12.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iti, Itya, Alakshya, Camatkara, Narayana, Bhuja, Iva, Riju, Skhalita, Akara, Apara, Meru,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.12.3). 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: “ityalakṣyacamatkārā nārāyaṇabhujā iva ”
itya -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

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

itya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

itya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√i -> itya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √i]

√i -> itya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> itya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
alakṣya -
alakṣya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

alakṣya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
camatkārā* -
camatkāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
nārāyaṇa -
nārāyaṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nārāyaṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhujā* -
bhuja (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bhujā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “ṛjavaḥ skhalitākārā aparā iva meravaḥ ”
ṛjavaḥ -
ṛju (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
skhalitā -
skhalita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

skhalita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√skhal -> skhalita (participle, masculine)

[compound from √skhal]

√skhal -> skhalita (participle, neuter)

[compound from √skhal]

skhalitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√skhal -> skhalita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √skhal class 1 verb], [vocative single from √skhal]

√skhal -> skhalita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √skhal class 1 verb], [vocative single from √skhal]

√skhal -> skhalitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √skhal class 1 verb], [nominative single from √skhal]

√skhal (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
akārā* -
akāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
aparā* -
apara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

aparā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
meravaḥ -
meru (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

meru (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]