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 7.86.46

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रक्षसा रावणेनैव क्वचिद्विहतराघवम् ।
भूस्थपादेन देवाद्रिशिरस्थशिरसा परम् ॥ ४६ ॥

rakṣasā rāvaṇenaiva kvacidvihatarāghavam |
bhūsthapādena devādriśirasthaśirasā param || 46 ||

On one side was Rama foiled by his adversary Ravana; and I saw these wonders, now standing upon my legs on earth, and then lifting my head above the mountain tops.
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 (7.86.46). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Rakshasa, Ravana, Kva, Acit, Vihata, Raghava, Bhustha, Pada, Deva, Shira, Shiras, Tha, Param, Para,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.86.46). 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: “rakṣasā rāvaṇenaiva kvacidvihatarāghavam ”
rakṣasā* -
rakṣasā (noun, feminine)

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

rakṣasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
rāvaṇenai -
rāvaṇa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

rāvaṇa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
kva -
ku (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ku (noun, feminine)

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

kū (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
acid -
acit (noun, feminine)

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

acit (noun, masculine)

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

acit (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

vihata (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rāghavam -
rāghava (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
Line 2: “bhūsthapādena devādriśirasthaśirasā param ”
bhūstha -
bhūstha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhūstha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pādena -
pāda (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
devād -
deva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

deva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ri -
rī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

rai (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
śiras -
śiras (noun, neuter)

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

śira (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tha -
tha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śirasā -
śiras (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
param -
param (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

para (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

para (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]