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 3.17.41

सा तानालोक्य ललना चिन्तापरवशाभवत् ।
तस्मिन्नगरवास्तव्याः किं ते सर्वे मृता इति ॥ ४१ ॥

sā tānālokya lalanā cintāparavaśābhavat |
tasminnagaravāstavyāḥ kiṃ te sarve mṛtā iti || 41 ||

Lila having seen all these began to reflect within herself, whether the inhabitants of this place were living beings or the ghosts of their former living souls.

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

Tana, Alokya, Lalana, Cintapara, Vasha, Tad, Agaru, Vya, Kim, Yushmad, Sarva, Mrita, Iti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.17.41). 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: “ tānālokya lalanā cintāparavaśābhavat
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tānā -
  • tāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • alokya -
  • alokya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    alokya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • lalanā -
  • lalanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • cintāpara -
  • cintāpara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    cintāpara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vaśā -
  • vaśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vaśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vaśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    vaś (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • abhavat -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • Line 2: “tasminnagaravāstavyāḥ kiṃ te sarve mṛtā iti
  • tasminn -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • agaravā -
  • agaru (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • āsta -
  • ās (verb class 2)
    [imperfect middle third single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active second plural]
  • vyāḥ -
  • vya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • sarve -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • mṛtā* -
  • mṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    mṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    mṛ -> mṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √mṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √mṛ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √mṛ class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √mṛ class 6 verb]
    mṛ -> mṛtā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √mṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √mṛ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √mṛ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √mṛ class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √mṛ class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √mṛ class 6 verb]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.17.41

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 3.17.41 in Gujarati sript:
સા તાનાલોક્ય લલના ચિન્તાપરવશાભવત્ ।
તસ્મિન્નગરવાસ્તવ્યાઃ કિં તે સર્વે મૃતા ઇતિ ॥ ૪૧ ॥

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 3.17.41 in Telugu sript:
సా తానాలోక్య లలనా చిన్తాపరవశాభవత్ ।
తస్మిన్నగరవాస్తవ్యాః కిం తే సర్వే మృతా ఇతి ॥ ౪౧ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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