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 3.29.50

लीलोवाच ।
अहो नु पदवीं दूरमावामेतामुपागते ।
सूर्योऽप्यधोणुकणवन्न मनागपि लक्ष्यते ॥ ५० ॥

līlovāca |
aho nu padavīṃ dūramāvāmetāmupāgate |
sūryo'pyadhoṇukaṇavanna manāgapi lakṣyate || 50 ||

Lila said:—Oh! the great distance that we have come to, whence the great luminary of the sun also, appears as small as an atom below.

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

Lila, Ahan, Padavi, Duram, Dura, Agata, Agati, Manak, Api, Lakshyata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.29.50). 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: “līlovāca
  • līlo -
  • līla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    līla (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    līlā (noun, feminine)
    [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: “aho nu padavīṃ dūramāvāmetāmupāgate
  • aho* -
  • ahan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ahar (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    has (verb class 1)
    [aorist active second single]
  • nu -
  • nu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    nu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    nau (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • padavīm -
  • padavī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • dūram -
  • dūram (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dūra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dūra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dūrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • āvāme -
  • tāmu -
  • tāmu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • -
  • pa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • agate -
  • agata (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    agata (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    agatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    agati (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    agati (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    ag (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
  • Line 3: “sūryo'pyadhoṇukaṇavanna manāgapi lakṣyate
  • Cannot analyse sūryo'pyadhoṇukaṇavanna*ma
  • manāg -
  • manāk (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • lakṣyate -
  • lakṣyatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    lakṣ (verb class 1)
    [present passive third single]
    lakṣ (verb class 10)
    [present passive third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.29.50

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 3.29.50 in Gujarati sript:
લીલોવાચ ।
અહો નુ પદવીં દૂરમાવામેતામુપાગતે ।
સૂર્યોઽપ્યધોણુકણવન્ન મનાગપિ લક્ષ્યતે ॥ ૫૦ ॥

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 3.29.50 in Telugu sript:
లీలోవాచ ।
అహో ను పదవీం దూరమావామేతాముపాగతే ।
సూర్యోఽప్యధోణుకణవన్న మనాగపి లక్ష్యతే ॥ ౫౦ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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