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 3.49.38

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उदगुः पर्वताकाराः सर्वतः स्थूलराक्षसाः ।
देहमाश्रित्य निष्क्रान्ताः पातालान्नरका इव ॥ ३८ ॥

udaguḥ parvatākārāḥ sarvataḥ sthūlarākṣasāḥ |
dehamāśritya niṣkrāntāḥ pātālānnarakā iva || 38 ||

These with their gigantic bodies rose as high as mountains, and seemed as hellish fiends appearing from the infernal regions in their ghostly forms.
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 (3.49.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Udak, Udac, Parvatakara, Sarvatah, Sarvata, Sthula, Rakshasa, Deha, Ashritya, Nishkranta, Patala, Araka, Iva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.49.38). 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: “udaguḥ parvatākārāḥ sarvataḥ sthūlarākṣasāḥ ”
udag -
udak (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

udac (noun, masculine)

[compound]

udac (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
uḥ -
u (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
parvatākārāḥ -
parvatākāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

parvatākārā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
sarvataḥ -
sarvataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sarvata (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

sthūla (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rākṣasāḥ -
rākṣasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 2: “dehamāśritya niṣkrāntāḥ pātālānnarakā iva ”
deham -
deha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

deha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
āśritya -
āśritya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

āśritya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

āśritya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
niṣkrāntāḥ -
niṣkrānta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

niṣkrāntā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
pātālānn -
pātāla (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
arakā* -
araka (noun, masculine)

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

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]