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 6.128.87

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अयं चतुर्बाहुरयं विश्वस्रष्टा चतुर्मुखः ।
अयमेव महादेवः संहर्ता च त्रिलोचनः ॥ ८७ ॥

ayaṃ caturbāhurayaṃ viśvasraṣṭā caturmukhaḥ |
ayameva mahādevaḥ saṃhartā ca trilocanaḥ || 87 ||

He is the four armed and four-faced Brahma—the creator of the world, he is also the great Mahadeva with his three eyes, who is the destroyer of the world.
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 (6.128.87). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Aya, Idam, Caturbahu, Vishvasrashtri, Caturmukha, Eva, Mahadeva, Samhartri, Trilocana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.128.87). 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: “ayaṃ caturbāhurayaṃ viśvasraṣṭā caturmukhaḥ ”
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
caturbāhur -
caturbāhu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

caturbāhu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
viśvasraṣṭā -
viśvasraṣṭṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
caturmukhaḥ -
caturmukha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “ayameva mahādevaḥ saṃhartā ca trilocanaḥ ”
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mahādevaḥ -
mahādeva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
saṃhartā -
saṃhartṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
trilocanaḥ -
trilocana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]