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 6.62.31

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पश्यन्गजघटाकुम्भस्थलाग्रोच्चलितानलीन् ।
गण्डस्थभ्रमराभ्यासाद्गजो भूयोऽप्यभूदलिः ॥ ३१ ॥

paśyangajaghaṭākumbhasthalāgroccalitānalīn |
gaṇḍasthabhramarābhyāsādgajo bhūyo'pyabhūdaliḥ || 31 ||

The dying elephant having been accustomed to see swarms of bees, fluttering over the proboscis of elephants, and sipping the ichor exuding from them, had long cherished the desire of becoming a bee, which he now came to be in reality.
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 (6.62.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pashyat, Gaja, Ghata, Akumbha, Tha, Agra, Agru, Uccalita, Ali, Ganda, Bhramara, Abhyasa, Bhuyah, Bhuyas, Api, Apya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.62.31). 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: “paśyangajaghaṭākumbhasthalāgroccalitānalīn ”
paśyan -
paśyat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
gaja -
gaja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√gaj (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
ghaṭā -
ghaṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ghaṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ghaṭā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
akumbhas -
akumbha (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

tha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
lā -
la (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

lā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
agro -
agra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

agra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

agrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

agru (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
uccalitān -
uccalita (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
alīn -
ali (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
Line 2: “gaṇḍasthabhramarābhyāsādgajo bhūyo'pyabhūdaliḥ ”
gaṇḍas -
gaṇḍa (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

tha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhramarā -
bhramara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhramarā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
abhyāsād -
abhyāsa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
gajo* -
gaja (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhūyo' -
bhūyaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

bhūyas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bhūyas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
apya -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

apya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ap (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]
abhūd -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[aorist active third single]
aliḥ -
ali (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]