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 6.6.61

आपातमात्रमधुरत्वमनर्थसत्त्वमाद्यन्तवत्त्वमखिलस्थितिभङ्गुरत्वम् ।
अज्ञानशाखिन इति प्रसृतानि राम नानाकृतीनि विपुलानि फलानि तानि ॥ ६१ ॥

āpātamātramadhuratvamanarthasattvamādyantavattvamakhilasthitibhaṅguratvam |
ajñānaśākhina iti prasṛtāni rāma nānākṛtīni vipulāni phalāni tāni || 61 ||

Know Rama, the pleasures of the world, to be as the pernicious fruits of ignorance; which are pleasant to taste at first, but prove to be full of bitter gall at last. It is therefore better to destroy this baneful arbour, than to lose the life and soul by the mortal taste of its fruits.

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

Apatamatra, Adhura, Tva, Yushmad, Anartha, Sattva, Adyantavat, Akhila, Sthiti, Bhangura, Ajnana, Shakhin, Iti, Prasrita, Rama, Nana, Akritin, Vipula, Phala, Tad, Tani,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.6.61). 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: “āpātamātramadhuratvamanarthasattvamādyantavattvamakhilasthitibhaṅguratvam
  • āpātamātram -
  • āpātamātra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    āpātamātra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    āpātamātrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • adhura -
  • adhura (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    adhura (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tvam -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • anartha -
  • anartha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    anartha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    arth (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
  • sattvam -
  • sattva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sattva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ādyantavat -
  • ādyantavat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    ādyantavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tvam -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • akhila -
  • akhila (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    akhila (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sthiti -
  • sthiti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    sthitī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    sthitī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    sthitī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • bhaṅgura -
  • bhaṅgura (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhaṅgura (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tvam -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ajñānaśākhina iti prasṛtāni rāma nānākṛtīni vipulāni phalāni tāni
  • ajñāna -
  • ajñāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ajñāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śākhina* -
  • śākhin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    śākhin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • prasṛtāni -
  • prasṛta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • rāma -
  • rāma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    rāma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperative active first plural]
  • nānā -
  • nāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nānā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • akṛtīni -
  • akṛtin (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vipulāni -
  • vipula (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • phalāni -
  • phala (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    phal (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first single]
  • tāni -
  • tānī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    tānī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    tānī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.6.61

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 6.6.61 in Gujarati sript:
આપાતમાત્રમધુરત્વમનર્થસત્ત્વમાદ્યન્તવત્ત્વમખિલસ્થિતિભઙ્ગુરત્વમ્ ।
અજ્ઞાનશાખિન ઇતિ પ્રસૃતાનિ રામ નાનાકૃતીનિ વિપુલાનિ ફલાનિ તાનિ ॥ ૬૧ ॥

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 6.6.61 in Telugu sript:
ఆపాతమాత్రమధురత్వమనర్థసత్త్వమాద్యన్తవత్త్వమఖిలస్థితిభఙ్గురత్వమ్ ।
అజ్ఞానశాఖిన ఇతి ప్రసృతాని రామ నానాకృతీని విపులాని ఫలాని తాని ॥ ౬౧ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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