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 7.108.38

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करानुन्नामयन्तः खे मांसवृक्षवनोपमाः ।
बृंहन्ति वारणव्यूहा वर्षावारिदवृन्दवत् ॥ ३८ ॥

karānunnāmayantaḥ khe māṃsavṛkṣavanopamāḥ |
bṛṃhanti vāraṇavyūhā varṣāvāridavṛndavat || 38 ||

Their uplifted arms in the air, appear as rising forests of fleshy arbours in the sky; and the resounding phalanx of big elephants, seem as huge bodies of rainy clouds roaring on high.
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 (7.108.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kara, Unnama, Yat, Yantri, Kha, Mamsa, Vrikshavat, Mas, Varana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.108.38). 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: “karānunnāmayantaḥ khe māṃsavṛkṣavanopamāḥ ”
karān -
kara (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
unnāma -
unnāma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
yantaḥ -
yat (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

yantṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √i class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √i class 2 verb]
khe -
kha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

kha (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

khā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
māṃsa -
māṃsa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

māṃsa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vṛkṣavan -
vṛkṣavat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
opa -
māḥ -
ma (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

mā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

mās (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “bṛṃhanti vāraṇavyūhā varṣāvāridavṛndavat ”
bṛṃhanti -
√bṛṃh (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]

√bṛh (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
vāraṇa -
vāraṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vāraṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vyūhā* -
Cannot analyse varṣāvāridavṛndavat