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 7.19.27

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रक्ताधारा जलधयो द्वीपान्येवान्त्रवेष्टनम् ।
बाहवः ककुभः स्फारास्तारका रोमसंततिः ॥ २७ ॥

raktādhārā jaladhayo dvīpānyevāntraveṣṭanam |
bāhavaḥ kakubhaḥ sphārāstārakā romasaṃtatiḥ || 27 ||

The seas are his blood vessels, and the islands are the ligatures round his persons; his arms are the sides of the sky, and the stars are the hairs on his body.
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 (7.19.27). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Raktadhara, Jaladhi, Dvipa, Eva, Tra, Veshtana, Bahava, Bahu, Kakubh, Kakubha, Sphara, Taraka, Roma, Roman, Santati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.19.27). 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: “raktādhārā jaladhayo dvīpānyevāntraveṣṭanam ”
raktādhārā* -
raktādhāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
jaladhayo* -
jaladhi (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
dvīpānye -
dvīpa (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
evān -
eva (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
tra -
tra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
veṣṭanam -
veṣṭana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “bāhavaḥ kakubhaḥ sphārāstārakā romasaṃtatiḥ ”
bāhavaḥ -
bāhava (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

bāhu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
kakubhaḥ -
kakubh (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

kakubha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sphārās -
sphāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sphārā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tārakā* -
tāraka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tārakā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

roma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

roman (noun, masculine)

[compound]

roman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
santatiḥ -
santati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

santati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]