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 7.167.25

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महाप्रलयसर्गाद्या महाप्रलयरात्रयः ।
तस्या एवावयवतां याताः केशनखादिवत् ॥ २५ ॥

mahāpralayasargādyā mahāpralayarātrayaḥ |
tasyā evāvayavatāṃ yātāḥ keśanakhādivat || 25 ||

The creations on the beginning, and the dark nights of dissolution, are but parts of its body, and resemble its nails and hairs.
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 (7.167.25). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mahapralaya, Sarga, Ratra, Yah, Eva, Ayavat, Ayavata, Yata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.167.25). 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: “mahāpralayasargādyā mahāpralayarātrayaḥ ”
mahāpralaya -
mahāpralaya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
sargād -
sarga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
yā* -
yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
mahāpralaya -
mahāpralaya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
rātra -
rātra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

rātra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yaḥ -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “tasyā evāvayavatāṃ yātāḥ keśanakhādivat ”
tasyā* -
sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
evāva -
eva (noun, masculine)

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

[genitive plural]

ayavat (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

ayavatā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
yātāḥ -
yāta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

yātā (noun, feminine)

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

√yā -> yāta (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √yā class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √yā class 2 verb]

√yā -> yātā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √yā class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √yā class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √yā class 2 verb]
Cannot analyse keśanakhādivat