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 CXV
śrīvālmīkiruvāca |
evamukto bhagavatā vasiṣṭhena mahātmanā |
rāmaḥ kamalapatrākṣa unmīlita ivābabhau || 1 ||
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vikāsitāntaḥkaraṇaḥ śobhāmalamupāyayau |
āśvastastamasi kṣīṇe padmo'rkālokanādiva || 2 ||
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bodhavismayasaṃjātasaumyasmitasitānanaḥ |
dantaraśmisudhādhautāmimāṃ vācamuvāca ha || 3 ||
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śrīrāma uvāca |
aho nu citraṃ padmotthairbaddhāstantubhiradrayaḥ |
avidyamānā yā vidyā tayā sarve vaśīkṛtāḥ || 4 ||
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idaṃ tadvajratāṃ yātaṃ tṛṇamātraṃ jagattraye |
avidyayāpi yannāmāsadeva sadiva sthitam || 5 ||
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asyāḥ saṃsāramāyāyā nadyāstribhuvanāṅgaṇe |
rūpaṃ madavabodhārthaṃ kathayānugrahātpunaḥ || 6 ||
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anyo yatsaṃśayo'yaṃ me mahātmanhṛdi vartate |
lavaṇo'sau mahābhāgaḥ kiṃ nāmāpadamāptavān || 7 ||
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saṃśliṣṭayorāhatayordvayorvā dehadehinoḥ |
brahmanka iva saṃsārī śubhāśubhaphalaikabhāk || 8 ||
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lavaṇasya tathā dattvā tāmāpadamanuttamām |
kiṃ gataścañcalārambhaḥ kaścāsāvaindrajālikaḥ || 9 ||
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śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
kāṣṭhakuḍyopamo deho na kiṃcana ihānagha |
svapnāloka ivānena cetasā parikalpyate || 10 ||
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cetastu jīvatāṃ yātaṃ cicchaktiparibhūṣitam |
vidyātsaṃsārasaṃrambhaṃ kapipotakacañcalam || 11 ||
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dehī hi karmabhāgyo hi nānākāraśarīradhṛk |
ahaṃkāramanojīvanāmabhiḥ parikalpyate || 12 ||
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tasyemānyaprabuddhasya na prabuddhasya rāghava |
sukhaduḥkhānyanantāni śarīrasya na kānicit || 13 ||
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aprabuddhaṃ mano nānāsaṃjñākalpitakalpanam |
vṛttīranupataccitrā vicitrākṛtitāṃ gatam || 14 ||
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aprabuddhaṃ mano yāvannidritaṃ tāvadeva hi |
saṃbhramaṃ paśyati svapne na prabuddhaṃ kadācana || 15 ||
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ajñānanidrākṣubhito jīvo yāvanna bodhitaḥ |
tāvatpaśyati durbhedaṃ saṃsārārambhavibhramam || 16 ||
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saṃprabuddhasya manasastamaḥ sarvaṃ vilīyate |
kamalasya yathā hārdaṃ dinālokavikāsinaḥ || 17 ||
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cittāvidyāmanojīvavāsaneti kṛtātmabhiḥ |
karmātmeti ca yaḥ proktaḥ sa dehī duḥkhakovidaḥ || 18 ||
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jaḍo deho na duḥkhārho duḥkhī dehyavicārataḥ |
avicāro ghanājñānādajñānaṃ duḥkhakāraṇam || 19 ||
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śubhāśubhānāṃ dharmāṇāṃ jīvo viṣayatāṃ gataḥ |
avivekaikadoṣeṇa kośeneva hi kīṭakaḥ || 20 ||
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avivekāmayonnaddhaṃ mano vividhavṛttimat |
nānākāravihāreṇa paribhramati cakravat || 21 ||
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udeti rauti hantyatti yāti valgati nindati |
mana eva śarīre'sminna śarīraṃ kadācana || 22 ||
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yathā gṛhapatirgehe vividhaṃ hi viceṣṭate |
na gṛhaṃ tu jaḍaṃ rāma tathā dehe hi jīvakaḥ || 23 ||
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sarveṣu sukhaduḥkheṣu sarvāsu kalanāsu ca |
manaḥ kartṛ mano bhoktṛ mānasaṃ viddhi mānavam || 24 ||
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atra te śrṛṇu vakṣyāmi vṛttāntamimamuttamam |
lavaṇo'sau yathā yātaścaṇḍālatvaṃ manobhramāt || 25 ||
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manaḥ karmaphalaṃ bhuṅkate śubhaṃ vā'śubhameva vā |
yathaitadbuddhyase nūnaṃ tathākarṇaya rāghava || 26 ||
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hariścandrakulotthena lavaṇena purānagha |
ekaṃ tenopaviṣṭena cintitaṃ manasā ciram || 27 ||
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pitāmaho me sumahānrājasūyasya yājakaḥ |
ahaṃ tasya kule jātastaṃ yaje manasā makham || 28 ||
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iti saṃcintya manasā kṛtvā saṃbhāramādṛtaḥ |
rājasūyasya dīkṣāyāṃ praviveśa mahīpatiḥ || 29 ||
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ṛtvijaścāhvayāmāsa pūjayāmāsa sanmunīn |
devānāmantrayāmāsa jvālayāmāsa pāvakam || 30 ||
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yathecchaṃ yajamānasya manasopavanāntare |
yayau saṃvatsaraḥ sāgro devarṣidvijapūjayā || 31 ||
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bhūtebhyo dvijapūrvebhyo dattvā sarvasvadakṣiṇām |
vibudhyata dinasyānte sva evopavane nṛpaḥ || 32 ||
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evaṃ sa lavaṇo rājā rājasūyamavāptavān |
manasaiva hi tuṣṭena yuktaṃ tasya phalena ca || 33 ||
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ataścittaṃ naraṃ viddhi bhoktāraṃ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ |
tanmanaḥ pāvanopāye satye yojaya rāghava || 34 ||
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pūrṇe deśe susaṃpūrṇaḥ pumānnaṣṭe vinaśyati |
deho'hamiti yeṣāṃ tu niścayastairalaṃ budhāḥ || 35 ||
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uccairvivekavati cetasi saṃprabuddhe duḥkhānyalaṃ vigalitāni viviktabuddheḥ |
bhāsvatkaraprakaṭite nanu padmakhaṇḍe saṃkocajāḍyatimirāṇi ciraṃ kṣatāni || 36 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Chapter CXV
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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