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 7.81.71

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मेरवः पर्णवद्व्यूढा मलयाः पल्लवा इव ।
हिमाद्रयो हिमकणा इवौर्व्योऽब्जलता इव ॥ ७१ ॥

meravaḥ parṇavadvyūḍhā malayāḥ pallavā iva |
himādrayo himakaṇā ivaurvyo'bjalatā iva || 71 ||

The Meru mountains were torn and borne away as branches of trees, and the Malayas were tossed about as flying leaves; the Himalayas fell down as dewdrops, and all earthly things are scattered as straws.
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 (7.81.71). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Meru, Parnavat, Vyudha, Malaya, Pallava, Iva, Himadri, Himaka, Aurvi, Abjala, Tas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.81.71). 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: “meravaḥ parṇavadvyūḍhā malayāḥ pallavā iva ”
meravaḥ -
meru (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

meru (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
parṇavad -
parṇavat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

parṇavat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vyūḍhā* -
vyūḍha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vyūḍhā (noun, feminine)

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

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

malayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
pallavā* -
pallava (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

pallavā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “himādrayo himakaṇā ivaurvyo'bjalatā iva ”
himādrayo* -
himādri (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
himaka -
himaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ṇā* -
ṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
ivau -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
aurvyo' -
aurvī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
abjala -
abjala (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
tā* -
ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

tas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]