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 1.1.52

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वाल्मीकिरुवाच ।
श्रृणु राजन्प्रवक्ष्यामि रामायणमखण्डितम् ।
श्रुत्वावधार्य यत्नेन जीवन्मुक्तो भविष्यसि ॥ ५२ ॥

vālmīkiruvāca |
śrṛṇu rājanpravakṣyāmi rāmāyaṇamakhaṇḍitam |
śrutvāvadhārya yatnena jīvanmukto bhaviṣyasi || 52 ||

Valmiki said:—Hear me Oh king! I will relate to you the entire Ramayana, by the hearing and understanding of which you will be saved even while in this life.
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 (1.1.52). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Valmiki, Rajan, Rajat, Prava, Kshi, Amin, Ramayana, Akhandita, Avadharya, Yatna, Jivanmukta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.1.52). 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: “vālmīkiruvāca ”
vālmīkir -
vālmīki (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “śrṛṇu rājanpravakṣyāmi rāmāyaṇamakhaṇḍitam ”
Cannot analyse śrṛṇu*rā
rājan -
rājan (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√rāj -> rājat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √rāj class 1 verb]
prava -
prava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kṣyā -
kṣi (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
ami -
amin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

amin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
rāmāyaṇam -
rāmāyaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

rāmāyaṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
akhaṇḍitam -
akhaṇḍita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

akhaṇḍita (noun, neuter)

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

akhaṇḍitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 3: “śrutvāvadhārya yatnena jīvanmukto bhaviṣyasi ”
śrutvā -
√śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √śru]
avadhārya -
avadhārya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

avadhārya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yatnena -
yatna (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
jīvanmukto* -
jīvanmukta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhaviṣyasi -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[future active second single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.1.52

Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)

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Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)

[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.

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Preview of verse 1.1.52 in Gujarati sript:
વાલ્મીકિરુવાચ ।
શ્રૃણુ રાજન્પ્રવક્ષ્યામિ રામાયણમખણ્ડિતમ્ ।
શ્રુત્વાવધાર્ય યત્નેન જીવન્મુક્તો ભવિષ્યસિ ॥ ૫૨ ॥