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 3.78.11

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कल्पाभ्राशनिकाषेण घृष्टामद्रितटीमिव ।
स्वनेत्रविद्युद्वलयबलाकोज्ज्वलिताम्बराम् ॥ ११ ॥

kalpābhrāśanikāṣeṇa ghṛṣṭāmadritaṭīmiva |
svanetravidyudvalayabalākojjvalitāmbarām || 11 ||

Her body was as a huge cliff, hurled down by the thunder bolt of the last doomsday (when high mountains were rent and thrown into the sea to form their hidden rocks). The flashes of her eyeballs blazed in the sky like a pair of bangles or conch shells.
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 (3.78.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kalpa, Nikasha, Ghrishta, Tati, Iva, Ravin, Dyut, Valaya, Balaka, Ujjvalita, Bara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.78.11). 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: “kalpābhrāśanikāṣeṇa ghṛṣṭāmadritaṭīmiva ”
kalpā -
kalpā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
bhrāśa -
√bhrāś (verb class 1)

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

[instrumental single]
ghṛṣṭām -
ghṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

√ghṛṣ -> ghṛṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[accusative single from √ghṛṣ class 1 verb]
adri -
adri (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
taṭīm -
taṭī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “svanetravidyudvalayabalākojjvalitāmbarām ”
svanet -
√svan (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
ravi -
ravi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ravin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ravin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
dyud -
dyut (noun, masculine)

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

dyut (noun, neuter)

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

dyut (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

valaya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√val (verb class 0)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

balākā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ujjvalitām -
ujjvalitā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
barām -
barā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]