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 XII
śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
iti niścayavantaste mahānto vigatainasaḥ |
satyāḥ satye pade śānte same sukhamavasthitāḥ || 1 ||
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iti pūrṇadhiyo dhīrāḥ samanīrāgacetasaḥ |
na nindanti na nandanti jīvitaṃ maraṇaṃ tathā || 2 ||
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ityalakṣyacamatkārā nārāyaṇabhujā iva |
ṛjavaḥ skhalitākārā aparā iva meravaḥ || 3 ||
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remire vanakhaṇḍeṣu dvīpeṣu nagareṣu ca |
devopavanamālāsu svargeṣu ca surā iva || 4 ||
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bhremuḥ kusumapūrṇāsu dolāndolacalāsu ca |
vicitravanalekhāsu meruśrṛṅgaśikhāsu ca || 5 ||
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cakrurvijitaśatrūṇi cāmaracchatravanti ca |
vicitrārthāni rājyāni citrācāramayāni ca || 6 ||
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anujagmurimānsarvānnānācāraviceṣṭitān |
śrutismṛtyuditārambhāmitikartavyatāmiti || 7 ||
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īdṛśīramaṇīyeṣu lalanāhāsyahāriṣu |
vihārāhāraramyeṣu bhogābhogeṣu bhūṣitāḥ || 8 ||
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viviśuścārucūtāsu mandāravalitāsu ca |
apsarogītapūrṇāsu nandanodyānabhūmiṣu || 9 ||
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sacarācarabhūteṣu viśrāntākhilajantuṣu |
yajñakriyākalāpeṣu gārhasthyeṣu yathākramam || 10 ||
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terurhatagajendrāsu bhrāntabhūriśivāsu ca |
bherībhāṃkārabhīmāsu saṃgrāmārṇavavīthiṣu || 11 ||
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tasthuḥ paruṣacittāsu hṛtavittoddhatāsu ca |
saṃrambhakṣobharaudrīṣu sarvāsu dvandvarītiṣu || 12 ||
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manasteṣāṃ tu nīrāgamanupādhi gatabhramam |
asaktaṃ muktamāśāntaṃ paraṃ satvapadaṃ gatam || 13 ||
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na mamajjuḥ kvacidapi saṃkaṭeṣu mahatsvapi |
mahadapyupayāteṣu kulaśalāḥ sarassviva || 14 ||
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nollalāsa vilāsinyā śriyā paramakāntayā |
paripūrṇendulakṣmyeva jalarāśī raghūdvaha || 15 ||
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na mamlau duḥkhaśokena grīṣmeṇeva vanasthalam |
jaharṣa ca na bhogaughairavaśyāyairivauṣadhīḥ || 16 ||
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te hi kevalamavyagrāḥ kurvantaḥ kāmamañjarīḥ |
iṣṭāniṣṭaphalaṃ rāma nābhileṣurna tatyajuḥ || 17 ||
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nodaguḥ kāryasaṃpattāvākrāntā nāstamāyayuḥ |
jahṛṣurna sukhaprāptau mamlurnaiva ca saṃkaṭe || 18 ||
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mumuhurna vimoheṣu na mamajjurvipatkramaiḥ |
na jaharṣuḥ śubhaiḥ śokai rurudurna bhavāniva || 19 ||
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prākṛtācārasaṃprāpte kurvantaḥ karma kevalam |
sthitā vigatasaṃrambhamaparā iva meravaḥ || 20 ||
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tāṃ tvaṃ dṛṣṭimavaṣṭabhya rāghavā'ghavināśinīm |
anahaṃkṛtyahaṃkāro viharasva yathākramam || 21 ||
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yathābhūtāmimāmeva paśyatsargaparamparām |
merusthito'bdhigambhīraḥ samamāssva gatabhramaḥ || 22 ||
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cinmātraṃ sarvamevedamitthamābhāsatāṃ gatam |
neha satyamasatyaṃ vā kvacidasti na kiṃcana || 23 ||
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mahattāmalamālambya tyaktvedamavahelayā |
asaktabuddhiḥ sarvatra bhava bhavya bhavakṣayī || 24 ||
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kiṃ rodiṣi ghanodvegaṃ mūḍhavaccānuśocasi |
bhramasyudbhāntacittaśca saumyāvarte tṛṇaṃ yathā || 25 ||
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śrīrāma uvāca |
aho na bhagavannūnaṃ samyagjātamalakṣayaḥ |
tvatprasādātprabuddho'smi sūryasaṅgādivāmbujam || 26 ||
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bhrāntirastaṃ gatā nūnaṃ mihikā śaradīva me |
saṃśāntākhilasaṃdehaḥ kariṣye vacanaṃ tava || 27 ||
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vyapagatamadamoho mānamātsaryamukta ścirataramuditātmā śāntaśokaścireṇa |
punarasukhamagacchansvacchayaikāntabuddhyā yadiha vadasi sādho tatkariṣye'viśaṅkaṃ || 28 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Chapter XII
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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