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 3.25.18

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ततोऽपि द्विगुणाकारं धारयन्त्या च वेष्टिताम् ।
दध्यब्धिलेखया नित्यसंतर्पितसुरौघया ॥ १८ ॥

tato'pi dviguṇākāraṃ dhārayantyā ca veṣṭitām |
dadhyabdhilekhayā nityasaṃtarpitasuraughayā || 18 ||

Around it lies the belt of the sea of curds, delectable to the gods, and double the size of the continent which is encircled by it. And again: "when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men, which were of old, men of renown".
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 (3.25.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Api, Dviguna, Akara, Dharayanti, Veshtita, Dadhi, Lekha, Nitya, Santarpita, Sura, Augha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.25.18). 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: “tato'pi dviguṇākāraṃ dhārayantyā ca veṣṭitām ”
tato' -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
dviguṇā -
dviguṇā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

dviguṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dviguṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

dviguṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
akāram -
akāra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
dhārayantyā -
dhārayantī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

√dhṛ -> dhārayantī (participle, feminine)

[instrumental single from √dhṛ]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
veṣṭitām -
veṣṭitā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

√veṣṭ -> veṣṭitā (participle, feminine)

[accusative single from √veṣṭ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √veṣṭ]
Line 2: “dadhyabdhilekhayā nityasaṃtarpitasuraughayā ”
dadhya -
dadhi (noun, neuter)

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

√dadh -> dadhya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dadh]

√dhyā (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]

√dhyā (verb class 2)

[perfect active second plural]
abdhi -
abdhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
lekhayā -
lekhā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
nitya -
nitya (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

nitya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nitya (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

santarpita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
surau -
sura (noun, masculine)

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

sura (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

surā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√sur (verb class 6)

[imperative active second single]
augha -
augha (noun, masculine)

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

[indeclinable relative]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]