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 XXXVII
śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
raṇe rabhasanirlūnanaravāraṇadāruṇe |
ahaṃpūrvamahaṃpūrvamiti vṛndānupātini || 1 ||
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ete cānye ca bahavastatra bhasmatvamāgatāḥ |
praviśantaḥ prayatnena śalabhā iva pāvake || 2 ||
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atrānye madhyadeśīyā janā nodāhṛtā mayā |
tānimāñchṛṇu vakṣyāmi pakṣāṃllīlāmahībhṛtaḥ || 3 ||
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taddehikāḥ śūrasenā guḍā aśvaghanāyakāḥ |
uttamajyotibhadrāṇi madamadhyamikādayaḥ || 4 ||
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sālūkākodyamālāsyā daujñeyāḥ pippalāyanāḥ |
māṇḍavyāḥ pāṇḍunagarāḥ saugrīvādyā gurugrahāḥ || 5 ||
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pāriyātrāḥ kurāṣṭrāśca yāmunodumbarā api |
rājyāhvā ujjihānāśca kālakoṭikamāthurāḥ || 6 ||
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pāñcālā dharmāraṇyāśca tathaivottaradakṣiṇāḥ |
pāñcālakāḥ kurukṣetrāstathā sārasvatā janāḥ || 7 ||
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avantīsyandanaśreṇīkuntipāñcanaderitaiḥ |
spandamānā vidravantī nipapāta mahābhṛgau || 8 ||
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kośabrahmāvasānāśca cchinnā vastravatījanaiḥ |
bhūmau nipatitāḥ santo militā mattavāraṇaiḥ || 9 ||
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śūrā dāśapurāḥ śastranikṛttodarakandharāḥ |
bāṇakṣitibhirākramya yojitā yojane hrade || 10 ||
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dīrṇodaraviniryātasvāntratantrīniyantritāḥ |
śāntikāḥśāntasaṃcārāḥ piśāccaiścarvitā niśi || 11 ||
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udravairbhadragiribhiḥ saṃgrāmādhvaradīkṣitaiḥ |
kṣoṇigarteṣu nikṣiptā maragāḥ kamaṭhā iva || 12 ||
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pradrutā vidravadraktā vidrāvitamahārayaḥ |
daṇḍikāsthāniloddhūtā haihayairhariṇā iva || 13 ||
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dantidantavinirbhinnā daradā dalitārayaḥ |
nītā raktamahānadyā drumāṇāṃ pallavā iva || 14 ||
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nārācaiścarvitāścīnā jīrṇā jarjarajīvitāḥ |
jahurjalanidhau dehānbhārabhūtāniva sthitān || 15 ||
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karṇāṭasubhaṭoḍḍīnakuntākalitakandharāḥ |
bhagnā naladaśūrāśca tārakānikarā iva || 16 ||
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karīndramakaravyūharaṃhaḥsaṃhatahetayaḥ |
keśākeśikṛtārambhā vinedurdāśakāḥ śakāḥ || 17 ||
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daśārṇāḥ pāśanirmuktaśrṛṅkhalā jālabhīravaḥ |
nilīnā raktajambāle vaitasāstimayo yathā || 18 ||
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gurjarānīkanāśena gurjarīkeśaluñcanam |
vihitaṃ taṅgaṇottuṅganāsiśaṅkuśatai raṇe || 19 ||
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siṣicuḥ śastrakarṇaughādvindubhyo nigaḍā guhān |
śaradhārāvanānīva vīrahetiprabhāmbudāḥ || 20 ||
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bhuśuṇḍīmaṇḍaloddyotaśyāmārkotpātabhīruṣu |
ābhīreṣvarayaḥ peturgogaṇā hariteṣviva || 21 ||
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kāntakāñcanakāntāsīttāmrasaṃgrāmavāhinī |
bhuktā gauḍabhaṭenāṅga nakhakeśanikarṣaṇaiḥ || 22 ||
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raṇe naganayāsaṃkhyakavaccakranikṛntanaiḥ |
taṅgaṇāḥ kaṇaśaḥ kīrṇāḥ kaṅkagṛdhreṣubhāsakaiḥ || 23 ||
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laguḍāloḍanoḍḍīnaṃ gauḍaṃ guḍuguḍāravam |
śrutvā gāndhāragāvo'gre dudruvurdraviḍā iva || 24 ||
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ākāśagārṇavaprakhyo vahacchakakadambakaḥ |
akarotpārasīkānāṃ ghananaiśatamobhramam || 25 ||
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mandarāhananoḍḍīnasvacchakṣīrārṇavodare |
vanānīvāyudhānyāsañchatruprāleyasānuni || 26 ||
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yadambudairivoḍḍīnaṃ śastravṛndairnabhoṅgaṇe |
taddṛṣṭaṃ vīcivalanairlolaiḥ plutamivārṇave || 27 ||
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śatacandraṃ sitacchatraiḥ śaraiḥ śalabhanirbharam |
śaktibhiḥ kila nīrandhraṃ dṛṣṭamākāśakānanam || 28 ||
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vīrāsavasamākrandakāriṇaḥ kekayaiḥ kṛtāḥ |
kaṅkaiḥ kaṅkakulākrāntavyomoddhūlitamastakāḥ || 29 ||
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kirātasainyakanyānāṃ kāmaṃ kalakalāravaiḥ |
aṅgairanaṅgatāṃ nītvā bhairavairiva garjitam || 30 ||
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kāśaistaddehakāḥ krāṃtā adṛśyairmāyayā khagaiḥ |
nirdhūtapakṣaiḥ kṣubhitaiḥ pavanairiva pāṃsavaḥ || 31 ||
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unmattāḥ suvinirdhūtāstyaktahetiraṇāmbarāḥ |
nārmadā narmanirmātṛ nanṛturjahasurjaguḥ || 32 ||
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prakvaṇatkiṃkiṇījālaṃ śaktivarṣamupāgatam |
sālvabāṇānilodbhūtamagamatpṛṣadākṛti || 33 ||
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śaivyāstu khaṇḍitāḥ kauntairbhramatkuntairvighaṭṭitāḥ |
śavībhūtā divaṃ nītā dṛṣṭā vidyādharā iva || 34 ||
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dharādharaṇadharmiṇyā dhīrayā hīnasenayā |
luṇṭhitāḥ pāṇḍunagarāścalanollāsamātrataḥ || 35 ||
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ta dehakāḥ pāñcanadairdalitā mattakāśibhiḥ |
kuntadantadrumoddāmā nagā iva mataṅgajaiḥ || 36 ||
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brahmāvatsanakā nīpaiścakraiḥ kṛttā gatā mahīm |
sahayāḥ krakaconkṛttā vṛkṣāḥ kusumitā iva || 37 ||
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śvetakākānanaṃ lūnaṃ kuṭhārairjaṭhareritaiḥ |
etaddadāha pārśvastho bhadreśaḥ śaravahninā || 38 ||
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kāṣṭhayodhe nirālānaṃ magnā jīrṇā mataṅgajāḥ |
layamājagmurāyuddhamiddhegnāvindhanaṃ yathā || 39 ||
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mitragartāstrigartāttā bhramitvordhvaṃ tṛṇopamam |
viviśurvyastamūrdhānaḥ pātālāntaṃ palāyitum || 40 ||
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mandānilacalāmbhodhibhāsure māgadhe bale |
nirmagnā vanilā mandāḥ paṅke jīrṇagajā iva || 41 ||
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cedayaścetanāṃ jahrustaṅgaṇānāṃ raṇāṅgaṇe |
puṣpāṇāṃ pathi śīrṇānāṃ saukumāryamivātapāḥ || 42 ||
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kausalāḥ pauravārāvamasahanto'ntakā iva |
tairunmuktagadāprāsaśaraśaktyativṛṣṭayaḥ || 43 ||
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babhūvurbhallakṛttāṅgā'vismayā vidrumadrumāḥ |
ivādrau vidravantyārdrasāndrāsṛksūryamūrtayaḥ || 44 ||
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nārācaughamahāhetimārutādhūtamūrtayaḥ |
babhramurbhramarānīkabhāsurā jaladā iva || 45 ||
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śaradhārādharā meghāḥ śarorṇāpūrṇameṣakāḥ |
śarapatrāvṛtā vṛkṣā bhramustadgarjanāgajāḥ || 46 ||
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vanarājyajarājīrṇāḥ kandākasthalajantavaḥ |
atruṭanparamākṛṣṭāḥ pelavā iva tantavaḥ || 47 ||
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ratheṣu dhvastacakreṣu nikhāte'mutra mūrdhasu |
nipeturjanasaṃghātā meghā iva vanādriṣu || 48 ||
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śālatālavanaṃ prāpya janatāvalanaṃ vanam |
bhujāvakartanaṃ cāsīduttālaṃ sthāṇukānanam || 49 ||
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nanardurnandanodyānasundaryo mattayauvanāḥ |
vanopavanadeśeṣu merorvīravarāśritāḥ || 50 ||
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tāvattārāravaṃ reje sainyakānanamuttamam |
yāvanna parapakṣeṇa prāptaṃ kalpānalārciṣā || 51 ||
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chinnāḥ piśācasaṃyuktā bhūtāpahṛtahetayaḥ |
pātayitvā yayuḥ karṇāndaśārṇāstarṇakā iva || 52 ||
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jahurbhagneśvarāḥ kānti tāṃ jigīṣavanaujasā |
kāsayaḥ kamalānīva śuṣkasrotasvinaujasā || 53 ||
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tuṣākā mesalaiḥ kīrṇāḥ śaraśaktyasimudgaraiḥ |
vidrutā narakaiḥ kṣiptāḥ kaṭakacchalanā api || 54 ||
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kauntakṣetrāḥ prasthavāsaiḥ sthitvā yodhibhirāvṛtāḥ |
guṇā iva khalākrāntā gatā vyaktamaśaktatām || 55 ||
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dvipayo bāhudhānānāṃ kṣaṇenādāya mastakam |
bhallaiḥ palāyyāśu gatā vilūnakamalā iva || 56 ||
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mithaḥ sārasvatā nītvā ādināntaṃ kṛtājayaḥ |
paṇḍitā iva vādeṣu nodvignā na parājitāḥ || 57 ||
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kharvagāḥ khaditāḥ kṣudrā yātudhānaiḥ parāvṛtāḥ |
tejaḥ paramamājagmuḥ śāntāgnaya ivendhanaiḥ || 58 ||
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kiyadākhyāyata etajjihvānicayaiḥ kilālamākulitaḥ |
vāsukirapi varṇayituṃ na samartho raṇavaraṃ rāma || 59 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Chapter XXXVII
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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