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.
Chapter IV
śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
saumyāmbutve taraṅgatve salilasyāmbutā yathā |
samaivābdhau tathā'dehasadehamunimuktatā || 1 ||
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sadehā vāstvadehā vā muktatā viṣaye na ca |
anāsvāditabhogasya kuto bhojyānubhūtayaḥ || 2 ||
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jīvanmukta muniśreṣṭhaṃ kevalaṃ hi padārthavat |
paśyāmaḥ purato nāsya punarvighno'ntarāśayam || 3 ||
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sadehādehamuktānāṃ bhedaḥ ko bodharūpiṇām |
yadevāmbutaraṅgatve saumyatve'pi tadeva tat || 4 ||
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na manāgapi bhedo'sti sadehādehamuktayoḥ |
saspando'pyathavā'spando vāyureva yathānilaḥ || 5 ||
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sadehā vā videhā vā muktatā na pramāspadam |
asmākamapi tasyāsti svaikatāstyavibhāginī || 6 ||
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tasmātprakṛtamevedaṃ śṛṇu śravaṇabhūṣaṇam |
mayopadiśyamānaṃ tvaṃ jñānamajñāndhyanāśanam || 7 ||
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sarvameveha hi sadā saṃsāre raghunandana |
samyakprayuktātsarveṇa pauruṣātsamavāpyate || 8 ||
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iha hīndorivodeti śītalāhlādanaṃ hṛdi |
parispandaphalaprāptau pauruṣādeva nānyataḥ || 9 ||
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pauruṣaṃ spandaphalavaddṛṣṭaṃ pratyakṣato nayat |
kalpitaṃ mohitairmandairdaivaṃ kiṃcinna vidyate || 10 ||
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sādhūpadiṣṭamārgeṇa yanmanoṅgaviceṣṭitam |
tatpauruṣaṃ tatsaphalamanyadunmattaceṣṭitam || 11 ||
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yo yamarthaṃ prārthayate tadarthaṃ cehate kramāt |
avaśyaṃ sa tamāpnoti na cedardhānnivartate || 12 ||
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pauruṣeṇa prayatnena trailokyaiśvaryasundarām |
kaścitprāṇiviśeṣo hi śakratāṃ samupāgataḥ || 13 ||
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pauruṣeṇaiva yatnena sahasāmbhoruhāspadam |
kaścideva cidullāso brahmatāmadhitiṣṭhati || 14 ||
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sāreṇa puruṣārthena svenaiva garuḍadhvajaḥ |
kaścideva pumāneva puruṣottamatāṃ gataḥ || 15 ||
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pauruṣeṇaiva yatnena lalanāvalitākṛtiḥ |
śarīrī kaścideveha gataścandrārdhacūḍatām || 16 ||
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prāktanaṃ caihikaṃ ceti dvividhaṃ viddhi pauruṣam |
prāktano'dyatanenāśu puruṣārthena jīyate || 17 ||
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yatnavadbhirdṛḍhābhyāsaiḥ prajñotsāhasamanvitaiḥ |
meravo'pi nigīryante kaiva prākpauruṣe kathā || 18 ||
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śāstraniyantritapauruṣaparamā puruṣasya puruṣatā yā syāt |
abhimataphalabharasiddhyai bhavati hi saivānyathā tvanarthāya || 19 ||
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kasyāṃcitsvayamātmaduḥsthitivaśātpuṃso daśāyāṃ śanai raṅgulyagranipīḍitaikaculukādāvāpabindurbahuḥ |
kasyāṃcijjalarāśiparvatapuradvīpāntarālīkṛtā bhartavyocitasaṃvibhāgakaraṇe pṛthvī na pṛthvī bhavet || 20 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Chapter IV
Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)
Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)
[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.
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Vasishtha Rama Samvadam (Telugu)
by Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad (2019)
Set of 4 Volumes; 9789383972142.
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The Yogavasistha (Hindi translation)
by Khemraj Shrikrishnadass (2009)
Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.
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