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 3.47.2

लीलाद्वयमुवाच ।
देवि कस्मादकस्मान्नौ भर्ता जयति नौ रणे ।
वद त्वय्यपि तुष्टायामस्मिन्विद्रुतवारणे ॥ २ ॥

līlādvayamuvāca |
devi kasmādakasmānnau bhartā jayati nau raṇe |
vada tvayyapi tuṣṭāyāmasminvidrutavāraṇe || 2 ||

"Tell us, O goddess! what unknown cause prevents our husband to gain the victory in this war, notwithstanding your good grace to him, and his repelling the hostile elephants in the combat".

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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 (3.47.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Lila, Vaya, Asmad, Devi, Devin, Kasmat, Kah, Kim, Akasmat, Bhartri, Jayat, Rana, Vada, Yushmad, Api, Tushta, Idam, Vidruta, 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 3.47.2). 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: “līlādvayamuvāca
  • līlād -
  • līla (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    līla (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • vayam -
  • vaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vayā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative dual]
  • 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: “devi kasmādakasmānnau bhartā jayati nau raṇe
  • devi -
  • devī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    devin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    devin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kasmād -
  • kasmāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [ablative single]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [ablative single]
  • akasmān -
  • akasmāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • nau -
  • na (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ni (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    nu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative dual], [dative dual], [genitive dual]
  • bhartā -
  • bhartṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    bhṛ (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    bhṛ (verb class 2)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    bhṛ (verb class 3)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • jayati -
  • jayati (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    jayat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    jayat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    ji -> jayat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √ji class 1 verb]
    ji -> jayat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √ji class 1 verb]
    ji (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • nau -
  • na (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ni (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    nu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative dual], [dative dual], [genitive dual]
  • raṇe -
  • raṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    raṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • Line 3: “vada tvayyapi tuṣṭāyāmasminvidrutavāraṇe
  • vada -
  • vada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vad (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • tvayya -
  • yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [locative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • tuṣṭāyām -
  • tuṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    tuṣ -> tuṣṭā (participle, feminine)
    [locative single from √tuṣ class 4 verb]
    tus -> tuṣṭā (participle, feminine)
    [locative single from √tus class 1 verb]
    tuś -> tuṣṭā (participle, feminine)
    [locative single from √tuś class 1 verb]
  • asmin -
  • idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • vidruta -
  • vidruta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vidruta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vāraṇe -
  • vāraṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    vāraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    vāraṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.47.2

Cover of edition (1891)

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

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Cover of Gujarati edition

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

[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.

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Preview of verse 3.47.2 in Gujarati sript:
લીલાદ્વયમુવાચ ।
દેવિ કસ્માદકસ્માન્નૌ ભર્તા જયતિ નૌ રણે ।
વદ ત્વય્યપિ તુષ્ટાયામસ્મિન્વિદ્રુતવારણે ॥ ૨ ॥

Cover of edition (2019)

Vasishtha Rama Samvadam (Telugu)
by Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad (2019)

Set of 4 Volumes; 9789383972142.

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Preview of verse 3.47.2 in Telugu sript:
లీలాద్వయమువాచ ।
దేవి కస్మాదకస్మాన్నౌ భర్తా జయతి నౌ రణే ।
వద త్వయ్యపి తుష్టాయామస్మిన్విద్రుతవారణే ॥ ౨ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

The Yogavasistha (Hindi translation)
by Khemraj Shrikrishnadass (2009)

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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