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 XCVIII
śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
vivekino viraktā ye viśrāntā ye pare pade |
teṣāṃ tanutvamāyānti lobhamohādayo'rayaḥ || 1 ||
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na hṛṣyanti na kupyanti nāviśantyāharanti ca |
udvijante'pi no lokāllokānnodvejayanti ca || 2 ||
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na nāstikyānna cāstikyātkaṣṭānuṣṭhānavaidikāḥ |
manojñamadhurācārāḥ priyapeśalavādinaḥ || 3 ||
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saṅgādāhlādayantyantaḥ śaśāṅkakiraṇā iva |
vivecitāraḥ kāryāṇāṃ nirṇetāraḥ kṣaṇādapi || 4 ||
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anudvegakarācārā bāndhavā nāgarā iva |
bahiḥ sarvasamācārā antaḥ sarvārthaśītalāḥ || 5 ||
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śāstrārtharasikāstajjñā jñātalokaparāvarāḥ |
heyopādeyavettāro yathāprāptābhipātinaḥ || 6 ||
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viruddhakāryaviratā rasikā sajjanasthitau |
anāvaraṇasaugandhyaiḥ parāspadasukhāśanaiḥ || 7 ||
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pūjayantyāgataṃ phullā bhṛṅgaṃ padmā ivārthinam |
āvarjayanti janatāṃ janatāpāpahāriṇaḥ || 8 ||
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śītalāspadavatsnigdhāḥ prāvṛṣīva payodharāḥ |
bhūbhṛdbhaṅgakaraṃ dhīrā deśabhaṅgadamākulam || 9 ||
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rodhayantyāgataṃ kṣobhaṃ bhūkampamiva parvatāḥ |
utsāhayanti vipadi sukhayanti ca saṃpadi || 10 ||
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candrabimbopamākārā dārā iva guṇākarāḥ |
yaśaḥpuṣpāmaladiśo bhāvisatphalahetavaḥ || 11 ||
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puṃskokilasamālāpā mādhavā iva sādhavaḥ |
kallolabahulāvartaṃ vyāmohamakarālayam || 12 ||
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luṭhantamiva hemantaṃ loḍayantaṃ janāspadam |
vīcivikṣobhacapalaṃ paracittamahārṇavam || 13 ||
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tacca rodhayituṃ śaktāstaṭasthāḥ sādhuparvatāḥ |
āpatsu buddhināśeṣu kalloleṣvākuleṣu ca || 14 ||
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saṃkaṭeṣu duranteṣu santa eva gatiḥ satām |
ebhiścihnairathānyaiśca jñātvā tānucitāśayān || 15 ||
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āśrayetaikaviśrāntyai śrāntaḥ saṃsāravartmanā |
yasmādatyantaviṣamaḥ saṃsāroragasāgaraḥ || 16 ||
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vinā satsaṅgamanyena potakena na tīryate |
āstāṃ kiṃ me vicāreṇa yadbhavedastu tanmama || 17 ||
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ityantaḥ kalkamāsādya na stheyaṃ gartakīṭavat |
eko'pi vidyate yasya guṇastaṃ sarvamutsṛjan || 18 ||
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anādṛtānyataddoṣaṃ tāvanmātraṃ samāśrayet |
guṇāndoṣāṃśca vijñātumābālyātsvaprayatnataḥ || 19 ||
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yathāsaṃbhavasatsaṅgaśāstraiḥ prāgdhiyamedhayet |
doṣaleśamanādṛtya nityaṃ seveta sajjanam || 20 ||
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sthūladoṣaṃ tvanirvāṇaṃ śanaiḥ pariharetkramāt |
yāti ramyamaramyatvaṃ sthiramasthiratāmapi || 21 ||
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yathā dṛṣṭaṃ tathā manye yāti sādhurasādhutām |
eṣa so'tyanta utpāto yaḥ sādhuryāti duṣṭatām || 22 ||
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deśakālavaśātpāpairmahotpāto'pi dṛśyate |
sarvakarmāṇi saṃtyajya kuryātsajjanasaṃgamam |
etatkarma nirābādhaṃ lokadvitayasādhanam || 23 ||
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na sajjanāddūrataraḥ kvacidbhavedbhajeta sādhūnvinayakriyānvitaḥ |
spṛśantyayatnena hi tatsamīpagaṃ visāriṇastadgatapuṣpareṇavaḥ || 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 XCVIII
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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