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 6.22.31

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नारसिंहेन वपुषा हिरण्यकशिपुं हरिः ।
जघान वारत्रितयं मृगेन्द्र इव वारणम् ॥ ३१ ॥

nārasiṃhena vapuṣā hiraṇyakaśipuṃ hariḥ |
jaghāna vāratritayaṃ mṛgendra iva vāraṇam || 31 ||

I know the lord Hari to have thrice come down in his form of Nrisinha or leonine man, and thrashed the demon Hiranyakasipu as many times, as a lion kills a gigantic elephant.
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 (6.22.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Narasimha, Vapusha, Hiranyakashipu, Hari, Vara, Tritaya, Mrigendra, Iva, Varana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.22.31). 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: “nārasiṃhena vapuṣā hiraṇyakaśipuṃ hariḥ ”
nārasiṃhena -
nārasiṃha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

nārasiṃha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
vapuṣā* -
vapuṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vapuṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
hiraṇyakaśipum -
hiraṇyakaśipu (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

hiraṇyakaśipu (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
hariḥ -
hari (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

hari (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “jaghāna vāratritayaṃ mṛgendra iva vāraṇam ”
jaghāna -
√han (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√han (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
vāra -
vāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vāra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tritayam -
tritaya (noun, neuter)

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

[nominative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vāraṇam -
vāraṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vāraṇa (noun, neuter)

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

vāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]