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 1.20.29

उद्वोधयति दोषालिं निकृन्तति गुणावलिम् ।
नराणां यौवनोल्लासो विलासो दुष्कृतश्रियाम् ॥ २९ ॥

udvodhayati doṣāliṃ nikṛntati guṇāvalim |
narāṇāṃ yauvanollāso vilāso duṣkṛtaśriyām || 29 ||

Youthful vigour awakens a series of faults, and destroys a group of good qualities, by increasing the vice of pleasures.

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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 (1.20.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dosha, Dos, Ali, Krintat, Krintati, Guna, Nara, Yauvana, Ullasa, Vilasa, Dushkrita, Shri, Shriya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.20.29). 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: “udvodhayati doṣāliṃ nikṛntati guṇāvalim
  • Cannot analyse udvodhayati*do
  • doṣā -
  • doṣā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    doṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    doṣan (noun, neuter)
    [compound]
    doṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    dos (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • alim -
  • ali (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ni -
  • ni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ni (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • kṛntati -
  • kṛt -> kṛntat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √kṛt class 6 verb]
    kṛt -> kṛntat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √kṛt class 6 verb]
    kṛt -> kṛntat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √kṛt class 7 verb]
    kṛt -> kṛntat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √kṛt class 7 verb]
    kṛt -> kṛntatī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √kṛt class 7 verb]
    kṛt (verb class 6)
    [present active third single]
  • guṇāva -
  • guṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • alim -
  • ali (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “narāṇāṃ yauvanollāso vilāso duṣkṛtaśriyām
  • narāṇām -
  • nara (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    nara (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    narā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • yauvano -
  • yauvana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ullāso* -
  • ullāsa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vilāso* -
  • vilāsa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • duṣkṛta -
  • duṣkṛta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    duṣkṛta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śriyām -
  • śrī (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural], [locative single]
    śrī (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural], [locative single]
    śriyā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.20.29

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 1.20.29 in Gujarati sript:
ઉદ્વોધયતિ દોષાલિં નિકૃન્તતિ ગુણાવલિમ્ ।
નરાણાં યૌવનોલ્લાસો વિલાસો દુષ્કૃતશ્રિયામ્ ॥ ૨૯ ॥

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 1.20.29 in Telugu sript:
ఉద్వోధయతి దోషాలిం నికృన్తతి గుణావలిమ్ ।
నరాణాం యౌవనోల్లాసో విలాసో దుష్కృతశ్రియామ్ ॥ ౨౯ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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