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 6.18.23

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वज्रास्थितुण्डश्चण्डाख्य इन्द्रनीलाचलोपमः ।
तस्यास्तु वाहनं काको वैष्णव्या गरुडो यथा ॥ २३ ॥

vajrāsthituṇḍaścaṇḍākhya indranīlācalopamaḥ |
tasyāstu vāhanaṃ kāko vaiṣṇavyā garuḍo yathā || 23 ||

She had the crow by name of chanda for her vehicle, which had its bones and bills as strong as the bolts of Indra's thunder; it was as dark as a mountain of jetblack or blue agate, and served her Goddess as garuda served the consort of vishnu.
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 (6.18.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tunda, Canda, Akhya, Indranila, Acala, Upama, Vahana, Kaka, Vaishnavi, Vaishnavya, Garuda, Yatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.18.23). 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: “vajrāsthituṇḍaścaṇḍākhya indranīlācalopamaḥ ”
vajrāsthi -
vajrāsthi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
tuṇḍaś -
tuṇḍa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
caṇḍā -
caṇḍa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

caṇḍa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

caṇḍā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√caṇḍ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
ākhya* -
ākhyas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ākhya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
indranīlā -
indranīla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
acalo -
acala (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

acala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

acalā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
upamaḥ -
upama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “tasyāstu vāhanaṃ kāko vaiṣṇavyā garuḍo yathā ”
tasyās -
sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
vāhanam -
vāhana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vāhana (noun, neuter)

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

vāhanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
kāko* -
kāka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vaiṣṇavyā* -
vaiṣṇavī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

vaiṣṇavya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vaiṣṇavyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
garuḍo* -
garuḍa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]