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 3.85.21

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कल्पान्तघननीहारो मेरुकुञ्जेषु संस्थितः ।
शाल्मलेरमलं तूलमष्ठीलाकोटरेष्विव ॥ २१ ॥

kalpāntaghananīhāro merukuñjeṣu saṃsthitaḥ |
śālmaleramalaṃ tūlamaṣṭhīlākoṭareṣviva || 21 ||

The huge heaps of snow setting in the valleys of high hills, resemble the lofty simula trees beset by their pods of cotton.
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 (3.85.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kalpanta, Ghananihara, Kunja, Samsthita, Shalmala, Ramala, Tula, Ashthila, Kotara, 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 3.85.21). 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: “kalpāntaghananīhāro merukuñjeṣu saṃsthitaḥ ”
kalpānta -
kalpānta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ghananīhāro* -
ghananīhāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
meru -
meru (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

meru (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
kuñjeṣu -
kuñja (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
saṃsthitaḥ -
saṃsthita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “śālmaleramalaṃ tūlamaṣṭhīlākoṭareṣviva ”
śālmale -
śālmala (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
ramalam -
ramala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
tūlam -
tūla (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tūla (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

tūlā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
aṣṭhīlā -
aṣṭhīlā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
koṭareṣvi -
koṭara (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

koṭara (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]