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 6.88.27

दुःखानि मौर्ख्यविभवेन भवन्ति यानि नैवापदो न च जरामरणेन तानि ।
सर्वापदां शिरसि तिष्ठति मौर्ख्यमेकं कृष्णं जनस्य वपुषामिव केशजालम् ॥ २७ ॥

duḥkhāni maurkhyavibhavena bhavanti yāni naivāpado na ca jarāmaraṇena tāni |
sarvāpadāṃ śirasi tiṣṭhati maurkhyamekaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ janasya vapuṣāmiva keśajālam || 27 ||

The affections which are brought to one by his own ignorance, are by far greater than those which are caused by his old age and the torments of death. The calamity of ignorance supercedes all other earthly affections, as the black hairs rise on the top of the body and cover the crown of the head.

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

Duhkha, Maurkhya, Vibhava, Bhavanti, Bhavat, Bhavant, Yani, Yat, Naiva, Apad, Apada, Jaramarana, Tad, Tani, Saru, Sarva, Shiras, Tishthat, Eka, Krishna, Jana, Vapusha, Vapus, Iva, Kesha, Jala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.88.27). 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: “duḥkhāni maurkhyavibhavena bhavanti yāni naivāpado na ca jarāmaraṇena tāni
  • duḥkhāni -
  • duḥkha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • maurkhya -
  • maurkhya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vibhavena -
  • vibhava (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    vibhava (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • bhavanti -
  • bhavanti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhavantī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • yāni -
  • yānī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperative active first single]
  • naivā -
  • naiva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • apado* -
  • apad (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    apad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    apada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    pad (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jarāmaraṇena -
  • jarāmaraṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    jarāmaraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental 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]
  • Line 2: “sarvāpadāṃ śirasi tiṣṭhati maurkhyamekaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ janasya vapuṣāmiva keśajālam
  • sarvā -
  • saru (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    saru (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    saru (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āpadām -
  • āpad (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    āpadā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • śirasi -
  • śiras (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • tiṣṭhati -
  • sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
    sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
    sthā (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • maurkhyam -
  • maurkhya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ekam -
  • eka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    eka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kṛṣṇam -
  • kṛṣṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kṛṣṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • janasya -
  • jana (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    jana (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • vapuṣām -
  • vapuṣā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    vapus (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    vapus (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • keśa -
  • keśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    keśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jālam -
  • jāla (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    jāla (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jālā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.88.27

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 6.88.27 in Gujarati sript:
દુઃખાનિ મૌર્ખ્યવિભવેન ભવન્તિ યાનિ નૈવાપદો ન ચ જરામરણેન તાનિ ।
સર્વાપદાં શિરસિ તિષ્ઠતિ મૌર્ખ્યમેકં કૃષ્ણં જનસ્ય વપુષામિવ કેશજાલમ્ ॥ ૨૭ ॥

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 6.88.27 in Telugu sript:
దుఃఖాని మౌర్ఖ్యవిభవేన భవన్తి యాని నైవాపదో న చ జరామరణేన తాని ।
సర్వాపదాం శిరసి తిష్ఠతి మౌర్ఖ్యమేకం కృష్ణం జనస్య వపుషామివ కేశజాలమ్ ॥ ౨౭ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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