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 3.21.1

श्रीदेव्युवाच ।
प्रतिभान्ति जगन्त्याशु मृतिमोहादनन्तरम् ।
जीवस्योन्मीलनादक्ष्णो रूपाणीवाखिलान्यलम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīdevyuvāca |
pratibhānti jagantyāśu mṛtimohādanantaram |
jīvasyonmīlanādakṣṇo rūpāṇīvākhilānyalam || 1 ||

Soon after the insensibility occasioned by one's death is over, there appears to him (soul) the sight of the world, as he viewed it with his open eyes when he was living.

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

Shridevi, Pratibha, Anti, Jagat, Ashu, Mritiman, Uha, Anantaram, Anantara, Jiva, Unmilana, Akshan, Rupa, Iva, Akhila, Alam, Ala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.21.1). 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: “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: “pratibhānti jagantyāśu mṛtimohādanantaram
  • pratibhā -
  • pratibha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pratibha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pratibhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • anti -
  • anti (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    anti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    antī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • jagantyā -
  • jagat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [nominative plural], [vocative dual], [vocative plural], [accusative dual], [accusative plural]
    gam (verb class 3)
    [present active third single]
  • āśu -
  • āśu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    āśu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    āśu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    āśu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    āśu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • mṛtimo -
  • mṛtiman (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • ūhād -
  • ūha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • anantaram -
  • anantaram (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    anantara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    anantara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    anantarā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 3: “jīvasyonmīlanādakṣṇo rūpāṇīvākhilānyalam
  • jīvasyo -
  • jīva (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    jīva (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • unmīlanād -
  • unmīlana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • akṣṇo* -
  • akṣan (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • rūpāṇī -
  • rūpa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ivā -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • akhilānya -
  • akhila (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • alam -
  • alam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.21.1

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 3.21.1 in Gujarati sript:
શ્રીદેવ્યુવાચ ।
પ્રતિભાન્તિ જગન્ત્યાશુ મૃતિમોહાદનન્તરમ્ ।
જીવસ્યોન્મીલનાદક્ષ્ણો રૂપાણીવાખિલાન્યલમ્ ॥ 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 3.21.1 in Telugu sript:
శ్రీదేవ్యువాచ ।
ప్రతిభాన్తి జగన్త్యాశు మృతిమోహాదనన్తరమ్ ।
జీవస్యోన్మీలనాదక్ష్ణో రూపాణీవాఖిలాన్యలమ్ ॥ ౧ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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