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 1.1.57

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वाल्मीकिरुवाच ।
सनत्कुमारो निष्काम अवसद्ब्रह्मसद्मनि ।
वैकुण्ठादागतो विष्णुस्त्रैलोक्याधिपतिः प्रभुः ॥ ५७ ॥

vālmīkiruvāca |
sanatkumāro niṣkāma avasadbrahmasadmani |
vaikuṇṭhādāgato viṣṇustrailokyādhipatiḥ prabhuḥ || 57 ||

Valmiki replied: Sanat-kumara, who was devoid of desires, had been residing at the abode of Brahma, to which Vishnu, the Lord of the three worlds, was a visitor from Vaikuntha.
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.1.57). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Valmiki, Sanatkumara, Nishkama, Brahma, Brahman, Sadman, Vaikuntha, Agata, Vishnu, Trailokyadhipati, Prabhu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.1.57). 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: “sanatkumāro niṣkāma avasadbrahmasadmani ”
sanatkumāro* -
sanatkumāra (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

niṣkāma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
avasad -
√vas (verb class 1)

[imperfect active third single]
brahma -
brahma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

√brahm (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
sadmani -
sadman (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

sadman (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
Line 3: “vaikuṇṭhādāgato viṣṇustrailokyādhipatiḥ prabhuḥ ”
vaikuṇṭhād -
vaikuṇṭha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

vaikuṇṭha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
āgato* -
āgata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
viṣṇus -
viṣṇu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

viṣṇu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
trailokyādhipatiḥ -
trailokyādhipati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

trailokyādhipati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
prabhuḥ -
prabhu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

prabhu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.1.57

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 1.1.57 in Gujarati sript:
વાલ્મીકિરુવાચ ।
સનત્કુમારો નિષ્કામ અવસદ્બ્રહ્મસદ્મનિ ।
વૈકુણ્ઠાદાગતો વિષ્ણુસ્ત્રૈલોક્યાધિપતિઃ પ્રભુઃ ॥ ૫૭ ॥