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 6.21.52

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गरुडवाहनं विहगवाहनं विहगवाहनं वृषभवाहनम् ।
वृषभवाहनं गरुडवाहनं कलितवानहं कलितजीवितः ॥ ५२ ॥

garuḍavāhanaṃ vihagavāhanaṃ vihagavāhanaṃ vṛṣabhavāhanam |
vṛṣabhavāhanaṃ garuḍavāhanaṃ kalitavānahaṃ kalitajīvitaḥ || 52 ||

I have known in former ages the god Vishnu with his vehicle of Garuda, to have become Brahma with his vehicle of swan, and the same transformed to Siva having the bull for his bearer and so the vice-versa.
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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 (6.21.52). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Garuda, Vahana, Vihaga, Vrishabhavahana, Kalitavat, Aha, Asmad, Kalita, Jivita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.21.52). 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: “garuḍavāhanaṃ vihagavāhanaṃ vihagavāhanaṃ vṛṣabhavāhanam ”
garuḍa -
garuḍa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vāhanam -
vāhana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vāhana (noun, neuter)

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

vāhanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vihaga -
vihaga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vāhanam -
vāhana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vāhana (noun, neuter)

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

vāhanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vihaga -
vihaga (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vāhanam -
vāhana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vāhana (noun, neuter)

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

vāhanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vṛṣabhavāhanam -
vṛṣabhavāhana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vṛṣabhavāhana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “vṛṣabhavāhanaṃ garuḍavāhanaṃ kalitavānahaṃ kalitajīvitaḥ ”
vṛṣabhavāhanam -
vṛṣabhavāhana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vṛṣabhavāhana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
garuḍa -
garuḍa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vāhanam -
vāhana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vāhana (noun, neuter)

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

vāhanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
kalitavān -
√kal -> kalitavat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kal class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kal class 10 verb]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
kalita -
kalita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kalita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kal -> kalita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √kal class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kal class 10 verb]

√kal -> kalita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √kal class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kal class 10 verb]
jīvitaḥ -
jīvita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√jīv -> jīvita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √jīv class 1 verb]