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 7.54.3

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समुद्रगिरिमेघोर्वीविस्फोटमयमप्यजम् ।
काष्ठमौनवदेवेदं जगद्ब्रह्मावतिष्ठते ॥ ३ ॥

samudragirimeghorvīvisphoṭamayamapyajam |
kāṣṭhamaunavadevedaṃ jagadbrahmāvatiṣṭhate || 3 ||

The earth with its hills and protuberant bodies upon it, resembles the tumour on the body of Brahma; and the whole world, remains as dumb as a block in the person of Brahma.
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 (7.54.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Samudra, Gir, Megha, Urvi, Visphota, Aya, Idam, Api, Apya, Aja, Kashtha, Mauna, Jagat, Brahma, Atishthat, Atishthata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.54.3). 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: “samudragirimeghorvīvisphoṭamayamapyajam ”
samudra -
samudra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

samudra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
giri -
giri (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

giri (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

gir (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

gir (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

gir (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
megho -
megha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

megha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

meghā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
urvī -
urvī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]
visphoṭam -
visphoṭa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

visphoṭa (noun, neuter)

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

visphoṭā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
apya -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

apya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ap (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
ajam -
ajā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

aja (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

aja (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “kāṣṭhamaunavadevedaṃ jagadbrahmāvatiṣṭhate ”
kāṣṭha -
kāṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kāṣṭha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mauna -
mauna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

mauna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vadeve -
√vad (verb class 1)

[optative active first dual]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
jagad -
jagat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

jagat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
brahmāva -
brahma (noun, masculine)

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

√brahm (verb class 1)

[imperative active first dual]
atiṣṭhate -
atiṣṭhat (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

atiṣṭhat (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

atiṣṭhatā (noun, feminine)

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