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 L
śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
evameṣātivitatā durjñānā raghunandana |
mahāmohamayī māyā viṣamā pāramātmikī || 1 ||
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kva muhūrtadvayasvapnasaṃbhramāllokadṛṣṭatā |
kvānekavarṣasaṃbhuktaśvapacāvanipabhramaḥ || 2 ||
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kva saṃbhramopalabdhatvaṃ kva pratyakṣanidarśanam |
kvāsatyatvamasaṃdigdhaṃ kva satyapariṇāmitā || 3 ||
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ato vacmi mahābāho māyeyaṃ viṣamānvaham |
asāvadhānamanasaṃ saṃyojayati saṃkaṭe || 4 ||
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śrīrāma uvāca |
evamasya kathaṃ brahmanmāyācakrasya rodhanam |
kuryuḥ pravahato vegātsarvāṅgacchedakāriṇaḥ || 5 ||
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śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
asya saṃsārarūpasya māyācakrasya rāghava |
cittaṃ viddhi mahānābhiṃ bhramato bhramadāyinaḥ || 6 ||
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tasmindrutamavaṣṭabdhe dhiyā puruṣayatnataḥ |
gṛhītanābhivahanānmāyācakraṃ nirudhyate || 7 ||
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avaṣṭabdhamanonābhimohacakraṃ na gacchati |
yathā rajjvāṃ niruddhāyāṃ kīlakaṃ rajjuveṣṭitam || 8 ||
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cakrayuddhaikatajjño'si kasmājjānāsi nānagha |
cakraṃ nābhāvavaṣṭabdhaṃ vaśamāyāti nānyathā || 9 ||
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cittaṃ nābhimavaṣṭabhya tasmādyatnena rāghava |
saṃsāracakraṃ vahanādātmanaḥ parirodhaya || 10 ||
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etāṃ yuktiṃ vinā duḥkhamanantamitamātmanaḥ |
asyāṃ dṛṣṭau kṣaṇādantaṃ gatamevāvalokaya || 11 ||
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cittākramaṇamātrāttu paramādauṣadhādṛte |
prayatnenāpi saṃsāramahārogo na śāmyati || 12 ||
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tasmādrāghava saṃtyajya tīrthadānatapaḥkriyāḥ |
śreyase paramāyāntaścittameva vaśaṃ kuru || 13 ||
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cittāntareva saṃsāraḥ kumbhāntaḥ kumbhakhaṃ yathā |
cittanāśe na saṃsāraḥ kumbhanāśe na kumbhakham || 14 ||
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ciraṃ saṃsaraṇākāśakoṭaraṃ cittakumbhakham |
vināśyātulitākāśasvarūpaṃ rūpamāviśa || 15 ||
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vartamānamanāyāsaṃ bhajadvāhyadhiyā kṣaṇam |
bhūtaṃ bhaviṣyadabhajadyāti cittamacittatām || 16 ||
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saṃkalpāṃśānusaṃdhānavarjanaṃ cetpratikṣaṇam |
karoṣi tadacittatvaṃ prāpta evāsi pāvanam || 17 ||
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yāvatsaṃkalpakalanā tāvaccittavibhūtayaḥ |
yāvajjaladavistārastāvatkhajalabindavaḥ || 18 ||
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sacittaṃ cetanaṃ yāvattāvatsaṃkalpakalpanam |
sacandrāṃśu jagadyāvattāvatprāleyaleśakāḥ || 19 ||
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cetanaṃ cittariktaṃ cedbhāvitaṃ tatsvasaṃsṛteḥ |
āmūlameva dagdhāni viddhi mūlāni siddhavat || 20 ||
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cetanaṃ cittariktaṃ hi pratyakcetanamucyate |
nirmanaskasvabhāvaṃ tanna tatra kalanāmalaḥ || 21 ||
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sā satyatā sā śivatā sāvasthā pāramātmikī |
sarvajñatā sā sā dṛṣṭirnatu yatra manaḥ kṣatam || 22 ||
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mano yatra tu tatrāśāstatra duḥkhasukhāni ca |
sadā saṃnidhimāyānti śmaśāna iva vāyasāḥ || 23 ||
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vastutattvāvabodhena sarvabhāvavyavasthiteḥ |
sasṛtivrataterbījaṃ saṃkalpenopajāyate || 24 ||
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śāstrasajjanasaṃparkasaṃtatābhyāsayogataḥ |
jāgatānāmavastutvaṃ bhāvānāmavagamyate || 25 ||
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avivekādupāhṛtya cetasodyamaniścayaiḥ |
balātkāreṇa saṃyojyaṃ śāstrasatpuruṣakramaiḥ || 26 ||
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mukhyaṃ kāraṇamātmaiva paramātmāvalokane |
agādhe patitaṃ ratnaṃ ratnenaivāvalokyate || 27 ||
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svānubhūtāni duḥkhāni svātmaiva tyaktumicchati |
tenātmaivātmavijñāne heturekaḥ paraḥ smṛtaḥ || 28 ||
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pralapanvisṛjangṛhṇannunmiṣannimiṣannapi |
nirastamananānantasaṃvinmātraparo bhava || 29 ||
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jāyamānastathā jīvanmriyamāṇaḥ kriyārataḥ |
svātmanyamalatāṃ prāpte saṃvidaṃśe sthiro bhava || 30 ||
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mamedaṃ tadayaṃ so'hamiti saṃtyajya vāsanāḥ |
ekaniṣṭhatayāntasthasaṃvinmātraparo bhava || 31 ||
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vartamānabhaviṣyantyoḥ sthityorādehamekadhīḥ |
svasaṃvittyānusaṃdhānasamādhānaparo bhava || 32 ||
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bālyayauvanavṛddheṣu duḥkheṣu ca sukheṣu ca |
jāgratsvapnasuṣupteṣu svasaṃvittiparo bhava || 33 ||
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malaṃ saṃvedyamutsṛjya mano nirgalayanparam |
āśāpāśamalaṃ chittvā svasaṃvittiparo bhava || 34 ||
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śubhāśubhasvasaṃketasaṃśāntāśāviṣūcikaḥ |
naṣṭeṣṭāniṣṭadṛṣṭistvaṃ saṃvitsāraparo bhava || 35 ||
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sakartṛkarmakaraṇānsvāsparśānantarā spṛśan |
nirvikalpanirālambaḥ svacinmātraparo bhava || 36 ||
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jāgratyeva hi saṃsuptāṃ bhāvayansusthirāṃ sthitim |
sarvamasmīti saṃcintya sattaikātmavapurbhava || 37 ||
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nānā'nānādaśāmukto yukto muktatayā same |
samagrakalanādīpaḥ svacinmātraparo bhava || 38 ||
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ātmatāparate tyaktvā nirvibhāgo jagatsthitau |
vajrastambhavadātmānamavalambya sthiro bhava || 39 ||
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sthitvāntarmānasānpāśānāśārūpānudārayā |
dhiyā dhairyaikadharmiṇyā nirdharmādharmatā vraja || 40 ||
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samāsvādayatastattvaṃ svasaṃvedanadharmiṇaḥ |
viṣaṃ hālāhalamapi yāsyatyamṛtatāmatha || 41 ||
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tadodeti mahāmohaḥ saṃsṛtibhramakāraṇam |
nirmalāyā niraṃśāyāḥ saṃvitteścāmatiryadā || 42 ||
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tadā saṃkṣīyate mohaḥ saṃsārabhramakāraṇam |
nirmalāyāṃ niraṃśāyāṃ svasaṃvittau sthitiryadā || 43 ||
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svarūpamanuyātasya tīrṇasyāśāmahārṇavam |
prasariṣyati te saṃvitsaryāṃśuriva sarvataḥ || 44 ||
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svabhāvamālokayata ānandādvayasaṃsthiteḥ |
rasāyanamapi svādu rāma prativiṣāyate || 45 ||
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tairno bhajāmahe puṃbhirye svabhāvamupāgatāḥ |
śeṣāḥ puruṣanāmāno gardabhā dīrghabāhavaḥ || 46 ||
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parvatātparvataṃ yānti puro'dreriva dantinaḥ |
parāṃ koṭiṃ prayātasya svasaṃvittyunnatasthiteḥ || 47 ||
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adṛṣṭādṛśyasīmno'ntaḥ sūryādīnyakhilānyapi |
na tejāṃsyupakurvanti svasaṃviddivyacakṣuṣaḥ || 48 ||
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avastutāṃ vrajantyete mādhyāhnā iva dīpakāḥ |
arkādayo mahālokā vidyayādhigatātmanaḥ || 49 ||
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tejoṃśuṣu prabhāveṣu baliṣvapi mahatsvapi |
sarveṣūnnatiyukteṣu tattvajñaḥ paramonnataḥ || 50 ||
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bhāntīha bhāsā yasyārkavahnīndumaṇitārakāḥ |
tathā jagati rājante jñātajñeyā narottamāḥ || 51 ||
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dharāvivarakīṭebhyo gardabhebhyo'pi mānavaḥ |
tiryagbhyaścāpyatattvajñā rāma tucchatarāḥ smṛtāḥ || 52 ||
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tāvatsaṃmohavetālo dehī yāvadanātmavān |
ātmajña eva saṃyuktaścetaneneti tadvidaḥ || 53 ||
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anātmajño hi duḥkhehaḥ prasphurannapi bhūtale |
śava eva bhramatyuccairātmajñastu sacetanaḥ || 54 ||
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dūrādātmajñatā yāti citte pīvaratāṃ gate |
ālokalakṣmīrabhito mahāmegha ivotthite || 55 ||
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bhogābhogatiraskāraiḥ kārśyaṃ neyaṃ śanairmanaḥ |
rasāpahāraistajjñena kālenājīrṇaparṇavat || 56 ||
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anyātmanyātmabhāvena dehamātrāsthayānayā |
putradārakuṭumbaiśca ceto gacchati pīnatām || 57 ||
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ahaṃkāravikāreṇa mamatāmalahelayā |
idaṃ mameti bhāvena ceto gacchati pīnatām || 58 ||
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jarāmaraṇaduḥkhena vyarthamunnatimīyuṣā |
doṣāśīviṣakośena ceto gacchati pīnatām || 59 ||
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ādhivyādhivilāsena samāśvāsena saṃsṛteḥ |
heyādeyaprayatnena ceto gacchati pīnatām || 60 ||
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snehena dhanalobhena lābhena maṇiyoṣitām |
āpātaramaṇīyena ceto gacchati pīnatām || 61 ||
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durāśākṣīrapānena bhogānilabalena ca |
āsthādānena cāreṇa cittāhiryāti pīnatām || 62 ||
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āgamāpāyavapuṣā viṣavaiṣamyaśaṃsinā |
bhogābhogena bhīmena ceto gacchati pīnatām || 63 ||
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śarīraduḥśvabhraciraprarūḍhaṃ cintācayoccākṛtimañjarīkam |
jarāmṛtivyādhiphalaughanamraṃ kāmopabhogaughavikāsipuṣpam || 64 ||
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vicārasārakrakacena cittaviṣadrumaṃ tvadbhutamadrikalpam |
āśāmahāśākhamaśaṅkamenaṃ chindhi prasahyātra vikalpapatram || 65 ||
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mattekṣaṇaṃ caikataṭopaveśaṃ viśrāntisaukhyeṣvasamarthamugram |
ālokanotkaṃ sujanakramāllakhaṇḍasya caṇḍaṃ sukhaduḥkhagaṇḍam || 66 ||
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cetogajaṃ kāyakukānanasthaṃ sutīkṣṇayā dhīkarajāgrapaṅktyā |
vidārayādīrghavikāradantaṃ kriyākaraṃ rāghava rājasiṃha || 67 ||
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ratiṃ gataṃ nityamasatpradeśe śarīramāṃsagrasanena puṣṭam |
duṣṭakriyākarkaśacañcudaṇḍamekekṣaṇaṃ puṣṭatamoṃśukṛṣṇam || 68 ||
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dūre samutsāraya bhārabhūtaṃ duśceṣṭitaṃ karkaśamāraṭantam |
gandhodgataṃ kāyakulāyakośāddoṣopaśāntyai nijacittakākam || 69 ||
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tṛṣṇāpiśācyā paricaryamāṇaṃ viśrāntamajñānamahāvaṭeṣu |
bhrāntaṃ ciraṃ dehaśateṣvaṭavyāṃ svasaṃsṛtau cetanavarjiteṣu || 70 ||
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vivekavairāgyaguruprayatnamantraiḥ svatantraiḥ svacidātmagehāt |
notsādayeccittapiśācamenaṃ yāvatkutastāvadihātmasiddhiḥ || 71 ||
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śubhāśubhāsyaṃ hatamānavaughaṃ cintāviṣaṃ kāyakukañcukaṃ ca |
ajasramacchaśvasanāśanaṃ ca sarvasya nānābhayanāśadaṃ ca || 72 ||
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hṛdajjaduḥśālmalikoṭarasthamamoghayā citkhagamantraśaktyā |
nītvā śamaṃ rāma manomahāhiṃ bhayaṃ bhṛśaṃ projjhya bhavābhayātmā || 73 ||
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amaṅgalākāradharaḥ śarīraśavāvalīsaṃtatasevanena |
digāvalīsaṃbhramaṇaśramārtaḥ śmaśānasevī vapuṣā kṣatena || 74 ||
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bhogamiṣo dikṣvabhidhāvamāna utkandharo dhīravivṛddhagardhaḥ |
uḍḍīya vai gacchati cittagṛdhro dehadrumāttannipuṇaṃ jayaste || 75 ||
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bhrāntaṃ vanānteṣu digantareṣu phalārthinaṃ cañcalamākulāṅgam |
janmāvanerjanmamahiṃ prayātaṃ saṃsārabandhaṃ janatāṃ hasantam || 76 ||
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drume'kṣināsākusume bhujādiśākhe vilolāṅgulijālapatre |
samullasantaṃ parimārayāntarmanomahāmarkaṭamaṅga siddhyai || 77 ||
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abhyutthitaṃ satphalasaṃkṣayāya lasanmukhāsaṅgitaḍitprakāśam |
varṣantamāsāramanarthasārthamāndolitaṃ vāsanavātyayāntaḥ || 78 ||
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saṃkalpasaṃkalpanavarjanogramantraprabhāvādhṛdayāmbarastham |
sotsāhamutsādaya cittameghaṃ bṛhatphalaṃ prāpya bhavālamādyaḥ || 79 ||
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granthīkṛtaṃ karmabhirātmasṛṣṭermantrairabhedyaṃ jvalanairadagdham |
pīḍāṃ parāmātmani kalpayantaṃ samastajātyantaradīrghadāma || 80 ||
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saṃprotaniḥsaṃkhyaśarīramālaṃ balādasaṃkalpanamātraśastraiḥ |
chittvā svayaṃ rāghava cittapāśaṃ yathāsukhaṃ tvaṃ viharāstaśaṅkaḥ || 81 ||
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phūtkāradagdhākhilapānthalokamatyantaduṣprāpaparaprabodham |
āśīviṣaṃ śoṣitalokakhaṇḍaṃ vyāttyāmiṣoddhūtaśarīradaṇḍam || 82 ||
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āmantharaṃ dehaguhāsu guptaṃ saṃkalpaghorājagaraṃ javena |
akāmanānāmamahānalena balena dagdhvā vibhavo bhava tvam || 83 ||
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cittena cetaḥ śamamāśu nītvā śuddhena ghorāstramivāstrayuktyā |
cirāya sādho tyaja cañcalatvaṃ vimarkaṭo vṛkṣa ivākṣataśrīḥ || 84 ||
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amalamiti ca kṛtvā cetasā vītaśaṅkamupaśamitamano'ntaḥ sarvamādehameva |
tṛṇalavalaghu paśyaṃllīlayā heyadṛṣṭyā piva vihara ramasva prāptasaṃsārapāraḥ || 85 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Chapter L
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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