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 6.52.8

पुण्डरीकाक्षनिर्दिष्टामसंसक्तिगतिं शुभाम् ।
यामालिङ्ग्य महाबाहो जीवन्मुक्तो महामुनिः ॥ ८ ॥

puṇḍarīkākṣanirdiṣṭāmasaṃsaktigatiṃ śubhām |
yāmāliṅgya mahābāho jīvanmukto mahāmuniḥ || 8 ||

Hear me to relate to you the best lesson of indifference (i.e. the unattachment to the world and life), which the lotus-eyed lord (Krishna) taught to Arjuna, and whereby that sagely prince became liberated in life time.

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

Pundarikaksha, Nirdishta, Gati, Shubha, Shubh, Yama, Yaman, Mahabaha, Jivanmukta, Mahamuni,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.52.8). 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: “puṇḍarīkākṣanirdiṣṭāmasaṃsaktigatiṃ śubhām
  • puṇḍarīkākṣa -
  • puṇḍarīkākṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    puṇḍarīkākṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nirdiṣṭām -
  • nirdiṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṃsakti -
  • saṃsakti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • gatim -
  • gati (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    gati (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • śubhām -
  • śubhā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    śubh (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • Line 2: “yāmāliṅgya mahābāho jīvanmukto mahāmuniḥ
  • yāmā -
  • yāma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yāman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    yāma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yāmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperative active first plural]
  • aliṅgya -
  • mahābāho* -
  • mahābāha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jīvanmukto* -
  • jīvanmukta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mahāmuniḥ -
  • mahāmuni (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.52.8

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 6.52.8 in Gujarati sript:
પુણ્ડરીકાક્ષનિર્દિષ્ટામસંસક્તિગતિં શુભામ્ ।
યામાલિઙ્ગ્ય મહાબાહો જીવન્મુક્તો મહામુનિઃ ॥ ૮ ॥

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 6.52.8 in Telugu sript:
పుణ్డరీకాక్షనిర్దిష్టామసంసక్తిగతిం శుభామ్ ।
యామాలిఙ్గ్య మహాబాహో జీవన్ముక్తో మహామునిః ॥ ౮ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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