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 3.74.22

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मुखरन्ध्रस्थितार्कांशुदृशा स्वच्छाययैव सा ।
विकासिन्या विवर्तिस्था चोदितान्तमवेक्षिता ॥ २२ ॥

mukharandhrasthitārkāṃśudṛśā svacchāyayaiva sā |
vikāsinyā vivartisthā coditāntamavekṣitā || 22 ||

Suchi perceived very clearly the revolution of the time (of her castigation), by fixing her open eyes on the sun, and by counting the days by the rays of solar light penetrating the opening of her mouth:—the needle hole.
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 (3.74.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mukharandhra, Sthita, Arka, Drisha, Drish, Svacchaya, Vikasini, Vivarti, Codita, Tama, Vekshita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.74.22). 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: “mukharandhrasthitārkāṃśudṛśā svacchāyayaiva sā ”
mukharandhra -
mukharandhra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sthitā -
sthita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sthita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sthitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> sthitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
ārkā -
ārka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ārka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ārkā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [adverb]
dṛśā -
dṛśā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

dṛś (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

dṛś (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
svacchāyayai -
svacchāyā (noun, feminine)

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

[imperfect active first dual]
sā -
sā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “vikāsinyā vivartisthā coditāntamavekṣitā ”
vikāsinyā* -
vikāsinī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
vivartis -
vivarti (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

vivarti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
thā -
coditān -
codita (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

√cud -> codita (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √cud]
tama -
tama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vekṣitā -
√vekṣ -> vekṣitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √vekṣ class 10 verb]