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 7.84.21

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स्पन्दान्करोति धत्तेऽन्तः कल्पितावयवात्मिका ।
काली कमलिनी काली क्रिया ब्रह्माण्डकालिका ॥ २१ ॥

spandānkaroti dhatte'ntaḥ kalpitāvayavātmikā |
kālī kamalinī kālī kriyā brahmāṇḍakālikā || 21 ||

She holds together all parts of the world, as by her power of attraction; and infuses her force as momentum in them all, as it were into the different limbs and members of her body, she bears the various apellations of Kali, Kalika &c., according to her several functions denoted by those terms.
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (7.84.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Spanda, Karoti, Anta, Kalpita, Ayava, Ayavan, Atmika, Kali, Kalin, Kamalini, Kriya, Brahmanda, Kalika,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.84.21). 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: “spandānkaroti dhatte'ntaḥ kalpitāvayavātmikā ”
spandān -
spanda (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [adverb]

karoti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

karoti (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[present active third single]
dhatte' -
√dhā (verb class 3)

[present middle third single]
antaḥ -
anta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kalpitāva -
kalpita (noun, masculine)

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

√kḷp -> kalpita (participle, masculine)

[nominative dual from √kḷp], [vocative dual from √kḷp], [accusative dual from √kḷp]
ayavā -
ayava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ayava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ayavan (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

ayavā (noun, feminine)

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

[nominative single]
Line 2: “kālī kamalinī kālī kriyā brahmāṇḍakālikā ”
kālī -
kālī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

kālin (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [nominative single]
kālī -
kālī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

kālin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kriyā* -
kriya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kriyā (noun, feminine)

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

√kṛ (verb class 1)

[benedictive active second single]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[benedictive active second single]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[benedictive active second single]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[benedictive active second single]
brahmāṇḍa -
brahmāṇḍa (noun, neuter)

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

[nominative single]