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 7.79.2

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यावद्दृष्टो मया तत्र शैलादिव विनिर्मितः ।
परमेष्ठी समाधिस्थः प्रधानपरिवारवान् ॥ २ ॥

yāvaddṛṣṭo mayā tatra śailādiva vinirmitaḥ |
parameṣṭhī samādhisthaḥ pradhānaparivāravān || 2 ||

While I was looking at that light, I beheld the great Brahma sitting as a statue carved in stone, intent upon his meditation of supreme One, and beset by his transcendent glory all about him.
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 (7.79.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yavat, Drishta, Maya, Asmad, Tatra, Vinirmita, Parameshthi, Parameshthin, Samadhistha, Pradhana, Parivaravat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.79.2). 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: “yāvaddṛṣṭo mayā tatra śailādiva vinirmitaḥ ”
yāvad -
yāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yāvat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yāvat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yāvat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
dṛṣṭo* -
dṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
mayā -
mā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

mayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[instrumental single]
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
śailādi -
śailādi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
va -
va (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

va (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vinirmitaḥ -
vinirmita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “parameṣṭhī samādhisthaḥ pradhānaparivāravān ”
parameṣṭhī -
parameṣṭhī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

parameṣṭhī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

parameṣṭhi (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

parameṣṭhin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
samādhisthaḥ -
samādhistha (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

pradhāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
parivāravān -
parivāravat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]