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 VIII
śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
iti cittavilāsena ciramutprekṣitaiḥ priyaiḥ |
praṇayairbhārgavasyāsīttuṣṭaye susamāgamaḥ || 1 ||
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mandāramālākalayā vibudhāsavamattayā |
tadā tena tayā sārdhaṃ dvitīyenāmalendunā || 2 ||
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vihṛtaṃ mattahaṃsāsu hemapaṅkajinīṣu ca |
taṭīṣvamaravāhinyāḥ saha cāraṇakiṃnaraiḥ || 3 ||
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pītamindudalasyandairdevaiḥ saha rasāyanam |
pārijātalatājālanilayeṣu vilāsinā || 4 ||
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cārucaitrarathodyānalatālolāsudolayā |
ciraṃ vilasitaṃ vyagraiḥ saha vidyādharīgaṇaiḥ || 5 ||
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nandanopavanābhogo mandareṇeva vāridhiḥ |
bhṛśamāloḍyatāṃ nītaḥ prathamaiḥ saha śāmbhavaiḥ || 6 ||
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bālahemalatājālajaṭālāsu nadīṣu ca |
bhrāntamunmattanāgena mairavīṣvajjinīṣviva || 7 ||
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kailāsavanakuñjeṣu tayā saha vilāsinā |
harendudhavalā rātryaḥ kṣipitā gaṇagītibhiḥ || 8 ||
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gandhamādanaśailasya viśramyopari sānuṣu |
sā tena kanakāmbhojairāpādamabhimaṇḍitā || 9 ||
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lokālokataṭānteṣu vicitrāścaryahāriṣu |
krīḍitaṃ kṛtahāsena rāma tena tayā saha || 10 ||
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mandarāntarakaccheṣu sārdhaṃ hariṇaśāvakaiḥ |
avasatsa samāḥ ṣaṣṭiṃ kalpitāmaramandire || 11 ||
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kṣīrārṇavataṭīṣvasya vanitāsahacāriṇaḥ |
kṣīṇaṃ kṛtayugādardhaṃ śvetadvīpajanaiḥ saha || 12 ||
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gandharvanagarodyānalīlāviracanairasau |
sraṣṭānantajagatsṛṣṭeḥ kālasyānukṛtiṃ gataḥ || 13 ||
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athāvasadasau śukraḥ purandarapure punaḥ |
sukhaṃ caturyugānyaṣṭau hariṇekṣaṇayā saha || 14 ||
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puṇyakṣayānusaṃdhānāttataścāvanimaṇḍale |
tayaiva saha māninyā papātopahatākṛtiḥ || 15 ||
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parālūnasamastāṅgo hṛtasyandananandanaḥ |
cintāparavaśo dhvastaḥ samitīva hato bhaṭaḥ || 16 ||
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patitasyāvanau tasya cintayā saha dīrghayā |
śarīraṃ śatadhā jātaṃ śilāpātīva nirjharaḥ || 17 ||
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saṃśīrṇayordehakayościttake vyasanāvile |
viceratustayorvyomni nirnīḍau vihagau yathā || 18 ||
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tatrāviviśatuścāndraṃ te citte raśmijālakam |
prāleyatāmupetyāśu śālitāmatha jagmatuḥ || 19 ||
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śālīṃstānbhuktavānpakvāndaśārṇeṣu dvijottamaḥ |
sa śukraḥ śukratāmetya tadbhāryātanayo'bhavat || 20 ||
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tato munīnāṃ saṃsargāttapasyugre vyavasthitaḥ |
avasanmerugahane manvantaramaninditaḥ || 21 ||
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tatra tasya samutpanno mṛgyāḥ putro narākṛtiḥ |
tatsnehena paraṃ mohaṃ punarapyāyayau kṣaṇāt || 22 ||
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putrasyāsya dhanaṃ me'stu guṇāścāyuśca śāśvatam |
ityanāratacintābhirjahau satyāmavasthitim || 23 ||
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dharmacintāparibhraṃśātputrārthaṃ bhogacintayā |
kṣīṇāyuṣaṃ tamaharanmṛtyuḥ sarpa ivānilam || 24 ||
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bhogaikacintayā sārdhaṃ samamutkrāntacetanaḥ |
prāpya madreśaputratvamāsīnmadramahīpatiḥ || 25 ||
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madradeśe ciraṃ kṛtvā rājyamutsannaśātravam |
jarāmabhyājagāmātra himāśanirivāmbujam || 26 ||
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madrarājatanuṃ cāruṃ tapovāsanayā saha |
tatyāja tena jāto'sau tapasvī tāpasātmajaḥ || 27 ||
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samaṅgāyā mahānadyāstaṭamāsādya tāpasaḥ |
tapastepe mahābuddhiḥ sa rāma vigatajvaraḥ || 28 ||
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vividhajanmadaśāṃ vividhāśayaḥ samanubhūya śarīraparamparāḥ |
sukhamatiṣṭhadasau bhṛgunandano varanadīsutaṭe dṛḍhavṛkṣavat || 29 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Chapter VIII
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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