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 3.17.1

देशाद्देशान्तरप्राप्तौ संविदो मध्यमेव यत् ।
निमिषेण चिदाकाशं तद्विद्धि वरवर्णिनि ॥ १ ॥

deśāddeśāntaraprāptau saṃvido madhyameva yat |
nimiṣeṇa cidākāśaṃ tadviddhi varavarṇini || 1 ||

Sarasvati said:—Remove my child, the dead body of thy husband to yonder shrine! and strew those flowers over it, and thou shalt have thy husband again.

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

Desha, Deshantara, Prapta, Prapti, Samvid, Samvida, Madhyama, Iva, Yat, Yad, Nimisha, Cit, Akasha, Tadvid, Varavarnin, Varavarnini, Varavarni,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.17.1). 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: “deśāddeśāntaraprāptau saṃvido madhyameva yat
  • deśād -
  • deśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • deśāntara -
  • deśāntara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prāptau -
  • prāpta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    prāpti (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • saṃvido* -
  • saṃvid (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    saṃvida (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • madhyame -
  • madhyama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    madhyama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    madhyamā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • yat -
  • yat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “nimiṣeṇa cidākāśaṃ tadviddhi varavarṇini
  • nimiṣeṇa -
  • nimiṣa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • cid -
  • cit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ākāśam -
  • ākāśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ākāśa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tadviddh -
  • tadvid (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    tadvid (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • varavarṇini -
  • varavarṇinī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    varavarṇinī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    varavarṇinī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    varavarṇin (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    varavarṇin (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    varavarṇī (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.17.1

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 3.17.1 in Gujarati sript:
દેશાદ્દેશાન્તરપ્રાપ્તૌ સંવિદો મધ્યમેવ યત્ ।
નિમિષેણ ચિદાકાશં તદ્વિદ્ધિ વરવર્ણિનિ ॥ ૧ ॥

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 3.17.1 in Telugu sript:
దేశాద్దేశాన్తరప్రాప్తౌ సంవిదో మధ్యమేవ యత్ ।
నిమిషేణ చిదాకాశం తద్విద్ధి వరవర్ణిని ॥ ౧ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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