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 3.20.28

श्रीदेव्युवाच ।
देशदैर्घ्यं यथा नास्ति कालदैर्घ्यं तथाङ्गने ।
नास्त्येवेति यथान्यायं कथ्यमानं मया शृणु ॥ २८ ॥

śrīdevyuvāca |
deśadairghyaṃ yathā nāsti kāladairghyaṃ tathāṅgane |
nāstyeveti yathānyāyaṃ kathyamānaṃ mayā śṛṇu || 28 ||

The goddess replied:—There is neither any limit of space or duration, nor any distance of place or length of time in reality: hear me now tell you the reason of it.

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

Shridevi, Desha, Dairghya, Yatha, Nasti, Kala, Tatha, Eva, Iti, Yathanyayam, Kathyamana, Maya, Asmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.20.28). 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: “śrīdevyuvāca
  • śrīdevyu -
  • śrīdevī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    śrīdevī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    śrīdevī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative 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: “deśadairghyaṃ yathā nāsti kāladairghyaṃ tathāṅgane
  • deśa -
  • deśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dairghyam -
  • dairghya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • nāsti -
  • nāsti (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • kāla -
  • kāla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kāla (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dairghyam -
  • dairghya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tathāṅ -
  • tathā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • ga -
  • ga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ne -
  • na (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ni (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • Line 3: “nāstyeveti yathānyāyaṃ kathyamānaṃ mayā śṛṇu
  • nāstye -
  • nāsti (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • eve -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • yathānyāyam -
  • yathānyāyam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • kathyamānam -
  • kath -> kathyamāna (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kath class 10 verb]
    kath -> kathyamāna (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kath class 10 verb], [accusative single from √kath class 10 verb]
  • mayā -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    mayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [instrumental single]
  • śṛṇu -
  • śru (verb class 5)
    [imperative active second single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.20.28

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 3.20.28 in Gujarati sript:
શ્રીદેવ્યુવાચ ।
દેશદૈર્ઘ્યં યથા નાસ્તિ કાલદૈર્ઘ્યં તથાઙ્ગને ।
નાસ્ત્યેવેતિ યથાન્યાયં કથ્યમાનં મયા શૃણુ ॥ ૨૮ ॥

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 3.20.28 in Telugu sript:
శ్రీదేవ్యువాచ ।
దేశదైర్ఘ్యం యథా నాస్తి కాలదైర్ఘ్యం తథాఙ్గనే ।
నాస్త్యేవేతి యథాన్యాయం కథ్యమానం మయా శృణు ॥ ౨౮ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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