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 1.20.37

तावदेव विवल्गन्ति रागद्वेषपिशाचकाः ।
नास्तमेति समस्तैषा यावद्यौवनयामिनी ॥ ३७ ॥

tāvadeva vivalganti rāgadveṣapiśācakāḥ |
nāstameti samastaiṣā yāvadyauvanayāminī || 37 ||

As long as the night (delusion) of youth does not come to its end, so long the fiends of our passion do not cease to rage in the desert of the body.

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

Tavat, Eva, Valgat, Valganti, Ragadvesha, Pishacaka, Nasta, Samasta, Yavat, Yauvana, Yamini, Yamin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.20.37). 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: “tāvadeva vivalganti rāgadveṣapiśācakāḥ
  • tāvad -
  • tāvat (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tāvat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tāvat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    tāvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vi -
  • vi (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    vi (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    vi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vi (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • valganti -
  • valg -> valgat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √valg class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √valg class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √valg class 1 verb]
    valg -> valgantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √valg class 1 verb]
    valg (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • rāgadveṣa -
  • rāgadveṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • piśācakāḥ -
  • piśācaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • Line 2: “nāstameti samastaiṣā yāvadyauvanayāminī
  • nāstam -
  • nās -> nāsta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √nās class 1 verb]
    nās -> nāsta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √nās class 1 verb], [accusative single from √nās class 1 verb]
  • eti -
  • eti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]
  • samastai -
  • samasta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samasta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samastā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiṣā -
  • yāvad -
  • yāvat (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yāvat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yāvat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yāvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • yauvana -
  • yauvana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yāminī -
  • yāminī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    yāmin (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 1.20.37

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 1.20.37 in Gujarati sript:
તાવદેવ વિવલ્ગન્તિ રાગદ્વેષપિશાચકાઃ ।
નાસ્તમેતિ સમસ્તૈષા યાવદ્યૌવનયામિની ॥ ૩૭ ॥

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 1.20.37 in Telugu sript:
తావదేవ వివల్గన్తి రాగద్వేషపిశాచకాః ।
నాస్తమేతి సమస్తైషా యావద్యౌవనయామినీ ॥ ౩౭ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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