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 7.5.5

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पुरा भुशुण्डः कस्मिंश्चित्पृष्ट आसीत्कथान्तरे ।
मया कदाचिदेकान्ते मेरोः शिखरकोटरे ॥ ५ ॥

purā bhuśuṇḍaḥ kasmiṃścitpṛṣṭa āsītkathāntare |
mayā kadācidekānte meroḥ śikharakoṭare || 5 ||

I had once in times of old, mooted this question among other things to the time worn Bhusunda, when he was dwelling in his solitary retreat in one of the caves of Meru, saying:—
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 (7.5.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pura, Bhushunda, Kah, Kim, Cit, Prishta, Kathantara, Maya, Asmad, Kadacit, Ekanta, Meru, Shikhara, Kotara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.5.5). 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: “purā bhuśuṇḍaḥ kasmiṃścitpṛṣṭa āsītkathāntare ”
purā* -
pura (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

purā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
bhuśuṇḍaḥ -
bhuśuṇḍa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kasmiṃś -
ka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[locative single]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[locative single]
cit -
cit (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

cit (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
pṛṣṭa* -
pṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√pṛṣ -> pṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √pṛṣ class 1 verb]

√praś -> pṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √praś class 6 verb]
āsīt -
√ās (verb class 2)

[aorist active third single], [injunctive active third single]

√as (verb class 2)

[imperfect active third single]
kathāntare -
kathāntara (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
Line 2: “mayā kadācidekānte meroḥ śikharakoṭare ”
mayā -
mā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

mayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[instrumental single]
kadācid -
kadācit (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]
ekānte -
ekānta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ekānta (noun, neuter)

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

ekāntā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
meroḥ -
meru (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

meru (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
śikhara -
śikhara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śikhara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
koṭare -
koṭara (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

koṭara (noun, neuter)

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

koṭarā (noun, feminine)

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