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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 III
śrīrāma uvāca |
mahākalpāntasargādau prathamo'sau prajāpatiḥ |
smṛtyātmā jāyate manye smṛtyātmaiva tato jagat || 1 ||
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śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
mahāpralayasargādāvevametadraghūdvaha |
smṛtyātmaiva bhavatyādau prathamo'sau prajāpatiḥ || 2 ||
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tatsaṃkalpātmakajagatsmṛtyātmaivamidaṃ tataḥ |
bhāti saṃkalpanagaraṃ sthitaṃ pūrvaṃ prajāpateḥ || 3 ||
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smṛtirna saṃbhavatyeva sargādau paramātmanaḥ |
janmābhāvātkathaṃ kutra nabhasīva mahādrumaḥ || 4 ||
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śrīrāma uvāca |
na saṃbhavati kiṃ brahmansargādau prāktanī smṛtiḥ |
mahāpralayasaṃmohairnaśyati prāksmṛtiḥ katham || 5 ||
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śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
ye mahāpralaye prājñāḥ sarve brahmādayaḥ purā |
kila nirvāṇamāyātāste'vaśyaṃ brahmatāṃ gatāḥ || 6 ||
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prāktanaḥ kaḥ smṛteḥ kartā tasmātkathaya suvrata |
smṛtirnirmūlatāṃ yātā smarturmuktatayā yataḥ || 7 ||
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ataḥ smarturabhāvena smṛtirvodeti kiṃ katham |
avaśyaṃ hi mahākalpe sarve mokṣaikabhāginaḥ || 8 ||
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nānubhūte'nubhūte ca svataścidvyomni yā smṛtiḥ |
sā jagadbhūriti prauḍhā dṛśyā sāstyeva citprabhā || 9 ||
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bhāti saṃvitprabhaiveyamanādyantāvabhāsinī |
yattadetajjagaditi svayaṃbhūriti ca sthitam || 10 ||
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anādikālasaṃsiddhaṃ yadbhānaṃ brahmaṇo nijam |
sa ātivāhiko deho virājo jagadākṛtiḥ || 11 ||
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paramāṇāvidaṃ bhāti trijagatsavanābhrakham |
deśakālakriyādravyadinarātrikramānvitam || 12 ||
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paramāṇuḥ pravitatastasyāste tādṛgeva ca |
bhāti bhāsuratākāri tādṛggirikulaṃ punaḥ || 13 ||
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tatrāpi tādṛgākārameva pratyanusaṃtatam |
dṛśyamābhāti bhārūpametadaṅga na vāstavam || 14 ||
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ityastyanto naṃ saddṛṣṭerasaddṛṣṭeśca vā kvacit |
asyāstvabhyuditaṃ buddhaṃ nābuddhaṃ prati vānagha || 15 ||
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buddhaṃ pratīdaṃ brahmaiva kevalaṃ śāntamavyayam |
abuddhaṃ prati buddhyaitadbhāsuraṃ bhuvanānvitam || 16 ||
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yathedaṃ bhāsuraṃ bhāti jagadaṇḍakajṛmbhitam |
yathā koṭisahasrāṇi bhāntyanyānyapyaṇāvaṇau || 17 ||
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yathā stambhe putrikāntastasyāḥ svāṅgeṣu putrikā |
tasyāśca putrikāstyaṅge tathā trailokyaputrikā || 18 ||
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nābhinnā nāpi saṃkhyeyā yathādrau paramāṇukāḥ |
tathā brahma bṛhanmerau trailokyaparamāṇavaḥ || 19 ||
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sūryādyaṃśuṣu saṃkhyātuṃ śakyante laghavo'ṇavaḥ |
utpadyante cidāditye trailokyaparamāṇavaḥ || 20 ||
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yathāṇavo vahantyarkadīptiṣvapsu rajaḥsu ca |
tathā vahanti cidvyomni trailokyaparamāṇavaḥ || 21 ||
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śūnyānubhavamātrātma bhūtākāśamidaṃ yathā |
sargānubhavamātrātma cidākāśamidaṃ tathā || 22 ||
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sargastu sargaśabdārthatayā buddho nayatyadhaḥ |
sa brahmaśabdārthatayā buddhaḥ śreyo bhavatyalam || 23 ||
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vijñānātmā śāsitā viśvabījaṃ brahmaivālaṃ svaṃ cidākāśamātram |
yasmājjātaṃ yattadeveti vidyādvedyaṃ svāntarbodhasaṃbodhamātram || 24 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Chapter III
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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