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.

Verse 1.1.18

अग्निवेश्य उवाच ।
शृणु पुत्र कथामेकां तदर्थं हृदयेऽखिलम् ।
मत्तोऽवधार्य पुत्र त्वं यथेच्छसि तथा कुरु ॥ १८ ॥

agniveśya uvāca |
śṛṇu putra kathāmekāṃ tadarthaṃ hṛdaye'khilam |
matto'vadhārya putra tvaṃ yathecchasi tathā kuru || 18 ||

Agnivesya said:—Hear me relate a narrative (to you) my son, and you having fully considered its purport in your mind, may do as you may choose.

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.1.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Agniveshya, Putra, Katha, Eka, Tadartha, Hridaya, Akhila, Matta, Avadharya, Tva, Yushmad, Yatheccha, Tatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.1.18). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “agniveśya uvāca
  • agniveśya* -
  • agniveśya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • uvāca -
  • vac (verb class 2)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
  • Line 2: “śṛṇu putra kathāmekāṃ tadarthaṃ hṛdaye'khilam
  • śṛṇu -
  • śru (verb class 5)
    [imperative active second single]
  • putra -
  • putra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    putra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kathām -
  • kathā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • ekām -
  • ekā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • tadartham -
  • tadartha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tadartha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tadarthā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • hṛdaye' -
  • hṛdaya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    hṛdaya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    hṛdayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • akhilam -
  • akhila (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    akhila (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    akhilā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 3: “matto'vadhārya putra tvaṃ yathecchasi tathā kuru
  • matto' -
  • matta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    mad -> matta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √mad class 1 verb], [nominative single from √mad class 3 verb], [nominative single from √mad class 4 verb]
  • avadhārya -
  • avadhārya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    avadhārya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • putra -
  • putra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    putra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tvam -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • yatheccha -
  • yatheccha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yatheccha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • si -
  • si (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • kuru -
  • kuru (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    kuru (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [imperative active second single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.1.18

Cover of edition (1891)

Yoga Vasistha English (four volumes)
by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891)

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Yoga Vasistha Maha Ramayana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Allahabad (0)

[યોગ વસિષ્ઠએ] 9788192776460.

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Preview of verse 1.1.18 in Gujarati sript:
અગ્નિવેશ્ય ઉવાચ ।
શૃણુ પુત્ર કથામેકાં તદર્થં હૃદયેઽખિલમ્ ।
મત્તોઽવધાર્ય પુત્ર ત્વં યથેચ્છસિ તથા કુરુ ॥ ૧૮ ॥

Cover of edition (2019)

Vasishtha Rama Samvadam (Telugu)
by Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad (2019)

Set of 4 Volumes; 9789383972142.

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Preview of verse 1.1.18 in Telugu sript:
అగ్నివేశ్య ఉవాచ ।
శృణు పుత్ర కథామేకాం తదర్థం హృదయేఽఖిలమ్ ।
మత్తోఽవధార్య పుత్ర త్వం యథేచ్ఛసి తథా కురు ॥ ౧౮ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

The Yogavasistha (Hindi translation)
by Khemraj Shrikrishnadass (2009)

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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