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 6.18.1

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भुशुण्ड उवाच ।
अस्त्यस्मिञ्जगति श्रेष्ठः सर्वनाकनिवासिनाम् ।
देवदेवो हरो नाम देवदेवाभिवन्दितः ॥ १ ॥

bhuśuṇḍa uvāca |
astyasmiñjagati śreṣṭhaḥ sarvanākanivāsinām |
devadevo haro nāma devadevābhivanditaḥ || 1 ||

Bhusunda related:—There is in this world, the god of gods Hara (Horus?) by name; who is the chief among the celestials, and honoured by all the divinities 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 (6.18.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhushunda, Asti, Astya, Idam, Jagat, Jagati, Shreshtha, Sarvana, Iva, Devadeva, Hara, Haras, Naman, Abhivat, Dita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.18.1). 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: “bhuśuṇḍa uvāca ”
bhuśuṇḍa* -
bhuśuṇḍa (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: “astyasmiñjagati śreṣṭhaḥ sarvanākanivāsinām ”
astya -
asti (noun, feminine)

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

astya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

astī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

astī (noun, feminine)

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

astī (noun, neuter)

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

√as (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
asmiñ -
idam (pronoun, masculine)

[locative single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[locative single]
jagati -
jagatī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

jagat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

jagat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
śreṣṭhaḥ -
śreṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sarvanā -
sarvana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sarvana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ākan -
√ak (verb class 1)

[imperfect active third plural]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
asinām -
√si (verb class 9)

[imperfect active first single]
Line 3: “devadevo haro nāma devadevābhivanditaḥ ”
devadevo* -
devadeva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
haro* -
haras (noun, neuter)

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

hara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
nāma -
nāman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
devadevā -
devadeva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
abhivan -
abhivat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
ditaḥ -
dita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]