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 7.78.23

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नदीधाराधरैरूर्ध्वे मध्ये दग्धैर्धराधरैः ।
अधो धराधरैर्नागैरधरः पङ्कगैर्वृतः ॥ २३ ॥

nadīdhārādharairūrdhve madhye dagdhairdharādharaiḥ |
adho dharādharairnāgairadharaḥ paṅkagairvṛtaḥ || 23 ||

The clouds were pouring forth their floods of water above, and the mountain tops were flaming in the midway sky; and the huge snakes that had supported the earth, were now diving deep into the mud of the infernal regions.
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 (7.78.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nadi, Nadin, Dharadhara, Urdhva, Madhye, Madhya, Dagdha, Adhah, Adhas, Naga, Adhara, Panka, Vrit, Vrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.78.23). 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: “nadīdhārādharairūrdhve madhye dagdhairdharādharaiḥ ”
nadī -
nadī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

nadi (noun, masculine)

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

nadi (noun, feminine)

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

nadin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dhārādharair -
dhārādhara (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
ūrdhve -
ūrdhva (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ūrdhva (noun, neuter)

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

ūrdhvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
madhye -
madhye (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

madhya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

madhya (noun, neuter)

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

madhyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
dagdhair -
dagdha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

dagdha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
dharādharaiḥ -
dharādhara (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “adho dharādharairnāgairadharaḥ paṅkagairvṛtaḥ ”
adho* -
adhaḥ (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

adhaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

adhas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
dharādharair -
dharādhara (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
nāgair -
nāga (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

nāga (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
adharaḥ -
adhara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√dhṛ (verb class 1)

[imperfect active second single]
paṅka -
paṅka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

paṅka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
gair -
ga (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

ga (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
vṛtaḥ -
vṛt (noun, masculine)

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

vṛt (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

vṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√vṛ -> vṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √vṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √vṛ class 9 verb]

√vṛ -> vṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √vṛ class 9 verb]