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 7.81.38

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कर्णयोर्हिमवन्मेरू रूप्यकाञ्चनमुद्रिके ।
ब्रह्माण्डघुंघुमैर्माला महती कटिमेखला ॥ ३८ ॥

karṇayorhimavanmerū rūpyakāñcanamudrike |
brahmāṇḍaghuṃghumairmālā mahatī kaṭimekhalā || 38 ||

The Himalaya and Sumeru mountains, were as her two silver and golden ear-rings, and the rolling worlds, resembled the ringing trinkets and belts about her waist.
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 (7.81.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Karna, Himavat, Meru, Rupya, Kancana, Udrin, Kah, Kim, Brahmanda, Ghum, Ghu, Mala, Mahat, Mahati, Kati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.81.38). 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: “karṇayorhimavanmerū rūpyakāñcanamudrike ”
karṇayor -
karṇa (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

karṇā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]
himavan -
himavat (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

himavat (noun, neuter)

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

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

meru (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
rūpya -
rūpya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

rūpya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√rūp -> rūpya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √rūp]

√rūp -> rūpya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √rūp class 10 verb]

√rūp -> rūpya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √rūp class 10 verb]
kāñcanam -
kāñcana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kāñcana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
udri -
udrin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

udrin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ke -
ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

ka (noun, neuter)

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

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “brahmāṇḍaghuṃghumairmālā mahatī kaṭimekhalā ”
brahmāṇḍa -
brahmāṇḍa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ghuṅ -
ghum (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ghum -
ghum (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ghu (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
air -
a (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second single]
mālā* -
māla (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mālā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
mahatī -
mahatī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

mahat (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
kaṭim -
kaṭi (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ekha -
√ikh (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
lā -
lā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]