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 3.28.2

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
क्व ब्रह्माण्डं क्व तद्भित्तिः क्वात्रासौ वज्रसारता ।
किलावश्यं स्थिते देव्यावन्तःपुरवराम्बरे ॥ २ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
kva brahmāṇḍaṃ kva tadbhittiḥ kvātrāsau vajrasāratā |
kilāvaśyaṃ sthite devyāvantaḥpuravarāmbare || 2 ||

Vasishtha replied:—Where is the world and where is its support or solidity? They were all situated in the region within the minds of the goddesses.

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

Shri, Vasishtha, Kva, Brahmanda, Tad, Tat, Bhitti, Trasa, Vajrasara, Tan, Kila, Kili, Sthita, Sthiti, Devi, Devya, Antahpura, Varambara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.28.2). 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: “śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca
  • śrī -
  • śrī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    śrī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • vasiṣṭha* -
  • vasiṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative 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: “kva brahmāṇḍaṃ kva tadbhittiḥ kvātrāsau vajrasāratā
  • kva -
  • kva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • brahmāṇḍam -
  • brahmāṇḍa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kva -
  • kva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • bhittiḥ -
  • bhitti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • kvā -
  • ku (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • trāsau -
  • trāsa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • vajrasāra -
  • vajrasāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vajrasāra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 3: “kilāvaśyaṃ sthite devyāvantaḥpuravarāmbare
  • kilāva -
  • kila (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kili (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kili (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    kil (verb class 6)
    [imperative active first dual]
  • aśyam -
  • śā (verb class 4)
    [imperfect active first single]
  • sthite -
  • sthita (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    sthita (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sthitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sthiti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
    sthā -> sthita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √sthā class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √sthā class 1 verb], [locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
    sthā -> sthitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √sthā class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √sthā class 1 verb]
  • devyāva -
  • devī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dīv -> devya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative dual from √dīv], [vocative dual from √dīv], [accusative dual from √dīv]
  • antaḥpura -
  • antaḥpura (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • varāmbare -
  • varāmbarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.28.2

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 3.28.2 in Gujarati sript:
શ્રીવસિષ્ઠ ઉવાચ ।
ક્વ બ્રહ્માણ્ડં ક્વ તદ્ભિત્તિઃ ક્વાત્રાસૌ વજ્રસારતા ।
કિલાવશ્યં સ્થિતે દેવ્યાવન્તઃપુરવરામ્બરે ॥ ૨ ॥

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 3.28.2 in Telugu sript:
శ్రీవసిష్ఠ ఉవాచ ।
క్వ బ్రహ్మాణ్డం క్వ తద్భిత్తిః క్వాత్రాసౌ వజ్రసారతా ।
కిలావశ్యం స్థితే దేవ్యావన్తఃపురవరామ్బరే ॥ ౨ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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