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 6.18.5

अनारतशिरश्चन्द्रप्रस्रवेणामृतीकृतः ।
यस्येन्द्रनीलवत्कालकूटः कण्ठे विभूषणम् ॥ ५ ॥

anārataśiraścandraprasraveṇāmṛtīkṛtaḥ |
yasyendranīlavatkālakūṭaḥ kaṇṭhe vibhūṣaṇam || 5 ||

The incessant effusion of ambrosial draughts, from the disk of the moon on his crest, has made him immortal by assuaging the heat of the deadly poison which he swallowed, and has marked his throat with the bluish hue of the sapphire or lapis lazuli, whence he named the blue gulletted Nila Kantha.

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (6.18.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Anarata, Shira, Shiras, Candra, Prasrava, Amriti, Amritin, Krit, Krita, Yasya, Yah, Yat, Indranila, Atka, Ala, Kuta, Kantha, Vibhushana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.18.5). 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: “anārataśiraścandraprasraveṇāmṛtīkṛtaḥ
  • anārata -
  • anārata (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    anārata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śiraś -
  • śiras (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    śira (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • candra -
  • candra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    candra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prasraveṇā -
  • prasrava (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    prasrava (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • amṛtī -
  • amṛtī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    amṛtī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    amṛtin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kṛtaḥ -
  • kṛt (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    kṛt (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    kṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ (verb class 2)
    [present active third dual]
  • Line 2: “yasyendranīlavatkālakūṭaḥ kaṇṭhe vibhūṣaṇam
  • yasye -
  • yasya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    yasya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    yas -> yasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √yas]
    yasyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    yas (verb class 4)
    [present passive first single], [imperative active second single]
  • indranīla -
  • indranīla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • va -
  • u (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ū (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    ū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • atkā -
  • atka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ala -
  • ala (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    al (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • kūṭaḥ -
  • kūṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kaṇṭhe -
  • kaṇṭha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kaṇṭh (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • vibhūṣaṇam -
  • vibhūṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vibhūṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vibhūṣaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.18.5

Cover of edition (1891)

Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)

[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.

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Preview of verse 6.18.5 in Gujarati sript:
અનારતશિરશ્ચન્દ્રપ્રસ્રવેણામૃતીકૃતઃ ।
યસ્યેન્દ્રનીલવત્કાલકૂટઃ કણ્ઠે વિભૂષણમ્ ॥ ૫ ॥

Cover of edition (2019)

Vasishtha Rama Samvadam (Telugu)
by Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad (2019)

Set of 4 Volumes; 9789383972142.

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Preview of verse 6.18.5 in Telugu sript:
అనారతశిరశ్చన్ద్రప్రస్రవేణామృతీకృతః ।
యస్యేన్ద్రనీలవత్కాలకూటః కణ్ఠే విభూషణమ్ ॥ ౫ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

The Yogavasistha (Hindi translation)
by Khemraj Shrikrishnadass (2009)

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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