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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 VIII
bhuśuṇḍa uvāca |
vidyādhara dharādhāro girikandaramandiraḥ |
digantarāmbarācāracārasaṃcāracañcaraḥ || 1 ||
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īdṛśo'yaṃ jagadvṛkṣo jāyate'haṃtvabījataḥ |
bīje jñānāgninirdagdhe naiva kiṃcana jāyate || 2 ||
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prekṣyamāṇaṃ ca tannāsti kilāhaṃtvaṃ kadācana |
etāvadeva tajjñānamanenaiva pradahyate || 3 ||
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ahaṃtvabhāvāccāhaṃtvamasti saṃsārabījakam |
nāhaṃtvabhāvānnāhaṃtvamastīti jñānamuttamam || 4 ||
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sargādāveva sargasya kilāsyābhāvayogataḥ |
kuto'haṃtvaṃ kutastvaṃtvaṃ kuto dvitvaikyavibhramaḥ || 5 ||
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samākarṇya gurorvākyaṃ yatante ye svayatnataḥ |
saṃkalpatyāgamāmūlaṃ padaprāptau jayanti te || 6 ||
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randhanājjayamāpnoti svaśāstre sūpakṛtkṛte |
vivekī svavivekitvaṃ yatanādeva nānyathā || 7 ||
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ciccamatkāramātraṃ tvaṃ jagadviddhīha netarat |
nāśāsu na bahirnāntaretatkvacana vidyate || 8 ||
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saṃkalponmeṣamātreṇa jagaccitraṃ vilokyate |
tadanunmeṣavilayi citrakṛccittacitravat || 9 ||
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maṇḍapo'sti mahāstambho muktāmaṇivinirmitaḥ |
bahuyojanalakṣāṇi kāntakāñcanacitritaḥ || 10 ||
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maṇistambhasahasreṇa vṛto'gre protameruṇā |
indrāyudhasahasrāḍhyakalpasaṃdhyābhrasundaraḥ || 11 ||
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strībālapuruṣādīnāṃ vāstavyānāmitastataḥ |
krīḍārthaṃ sthāpitā yatra nānāracanayāntare || 12 ||
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bhūtabījaparāpūrṇāstamoripusaghuṃghumāḥ |
tamaḥprakāśacitrākhyā lokāntarasamudgakāḥ || 13 ||
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āmodasubhagā lolajaladāvalipallavāḥ |
līlāpadmākare strīṇāṃ vilūnākalpapādapāḥ || 14 ||
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bālaniḥśvāsacalitāḥ kandukāni kulācalāḥ |
saṃdhyāmbudāḥ karṇapūrāścāmarāḥ śaradambudāḥ || 15 ||
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kalpāntakālajaladāstālavṛntapadaṃ gatāḥ |
bhūtalaṃ dyūtaphalakaṃ vitānaṃ tārakāmbaram || 16 ||
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bhūtaśāraparāvarte dyūte'kṣāḥ śaśibhānavaḥ |
vyomājire jagadbhāsapaṇe gṛhanivāsinām || 17 ||
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iti saṃkalpa evāntaścirabhāvanayā yathā |
agrasthadṛśyopamayā satyatāmiva gacchati || 18 ||
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tathaivāyaṃ jagadrūpaḥ saṃkalpaiḥ susamutthitaḥ |
ciccamatkāramātrātmā citrakṛccittacitravat || 19 ||
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asatyameva sphurati sarvamasti ca nāsti ca |
asadutthita evāyaṃ kutopīva samutthitaḥ || 20 ||
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hemnīva kaṭakāditvaṃ saṃsārodarakoṭaraḥ |
ciccamatkāra evāyamavikalpanasaṃkṣayaḥ || 21 ||
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atyantameva svāyatto yathecchasi tathā kuru |
yaścānnapānadānādāvanādaramupeyivān |
tasyedaṃ paścimaṃ janma na sa karma samujjhati || 22 ||
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prāpto vivekapadavīmasi pāvanātmanpuṇyāṃ pavitritajagattritayā dvitīyām |
nādhaḥ patiṣyasi punarmanasā'muneti jānāmi maunamamalaṃ padamutsṛja tvam || 23 ||
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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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