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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.
Chapter IX
vālmīkiruvāca |
tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya snehaparyākulekṣaṇam |
samanyuḥ kauśiko vākyaṃ pratyuvāca mahīpatim || 1 ||
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kariṣyāmīti saṃśrutya pratijñāṃ hātumarhasi |
sa bhavānkesarī bhūtvā mṛgatāmiva vāñchasi || 2 ||
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rāghavāṇāmayukto'yaṃ kulasyāsya viparyayaḥ |
na kadācana jāyante śītāṃśoruṣṇaraśmayaḥ || 3 ||
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yadi tvaṃ na kṣamo rājangamiṣyāmi yathāgatam |
hīnapratijña kākutstha sukhī bhava sabāndhavaḥ || 4 ||
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vālmīkiruvāca |
tasminkopaparīte'tha viśvāmitre mahātmani |
cacāla vasudhā kṛtsnā surāṃśca bhayamāviśat || 5 ||
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krodhābhibhūtaṃ vijñāya jaganmitraṃ mahāmunim |
dhṛtimānsuvrato dhīmānvasiṣṭho vākyamabravīt || 6 ||
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vasiṣṭha uvāca |
ikṣvākūṇāṃ kule jātaḥ sākṣāddharma ivāparaḥ |
bhavāndaśarathaḥ śrīmāṃstrailokyaguṇabhūṣitaḥ || 7 ||
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dhṛtimānsuvrato bhūtvā na dharmaṃ hātumarhasi |
triṣu lokeṣu vikhyāto dharmeṇa yaśasā yutaḥ || 8 ||
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svadharmaṃ pratipadyasva na dharmaṃ hātumarhasi |
munestribhuvaneśasya vacanaṃ kartumarhasi || 9 ||
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kariṣyāmīti saṃśrutya tatte rājannakurvataḥ |
iṣṭāpūrtaṃ hareddharmaṃ tasmādrāmaṃ visarjaya || 10 ||
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ikṣvākuvaṃśajāto'pi svayaṃ daśaratho'pi san |
na pālayasi cedvākyaṃ ko'paraḥ pālayiṣyati || 11 ||
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yuṣmadādipraṇītena vyavahāreṇa jantavaḥ |
maryādāṃ na vimuñcanti tāṃ na hātuṃ tvamarhasi || 12 ||
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guptaṃ puruṣasiṃhena jvalanenāmṛtaṃ yathā |
kṛtāstramakṛtāstraṃ vā nainaṃ śakṣyanti rākṣasāḥ || 13 ||
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eṣa vigrahavāndharma epa vīryavatāṃ varaḥ |
eṣa buddhyā'dhiko loke tapasāṃ ca parāyaṇam || 14 ||
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eṣo'straṃ vividhaṃ vetti trailokye sacarācare |
naitadanyaḥ pumānvetti na ca vetsyati kaścana || 15 ||
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na devā narṣayaḥ kecinnāsurā na ca rākṣasāḥ |
na nāgā yakṣagandharvāḥ sametāḥ sadṛśā muneḥ || 16 ||
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astramasmai kṛśāśvena paraiḥ paramadurjayam |
kauśikāya purā dattaṃ yadā rājyaṃ samanvagāt || 17 ||
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te hi putrāḥ kṛśāśvasya prajāpatisutopamāḥ |
enamanvacaranvīrā dīptimanto mahaujasaḥ || 18 ||
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jayā ca suprabhā caiva dākṣāyaṇyau sumadhyame |
tayostu yānyapatyāni śataṃ paramadurjayam || 19 ||
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pañcāśataṃ sutāñjajñe jayā labdhavarā purā |
vadhārthaṃ surasainyānāṃ te kṣamāḥ kāmacāriṇaḥ || 20 ||
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suprabhā janayāmāsa putrānpañcāśataṃ parān |
saṃgharṣānnāma durdharṣāndurākārānvalīyasaḥ || 21 ||
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evaṃvīryo mahātejā viśvāmitro jaganmuniḥ |
na rāmagamane buddhiṃ viklavāṃ kartumarhasi || 22 ||
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asminmahāsattvatame munīndre sthite samīpe purūṣasya sādho |
prāpte'pi mṛtyāvamaratvameti mā dīnatāṃ gaccha yathā vimūḍhaḥ || 23 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Chapter IX
Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)
Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)
[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.
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Vasishtha Rama Samvadam (Telugu)
by Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad (2019)
Set of 4 Volumes; 9789383972142.
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The Yogavasistha (Hindi translation)
by Khemraj Shrikrishnadass (2009)
Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.
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