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 3.56.8

तामेवानुससाराथ स्त्रीद्वयं जीवसंविदम् ।
भ्रमरीयुगलं वातलग्नां गन्धकलामिव ॥ ८ ॥

tāmevānusasārātha strīdvayaṃ jīvasaṃvidam |
bhramarīyugalaṃ vātalagnāṃ gandhakalāmiva || 8 ||

The two ladies, kept going after that conscious soul, like a couple of female bees, pursuing a particle of perfume borne afar in the air on the wings of the wind.

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

Tama, Tami, Anu, Sasara, Han, Stridvaya, Jiva, Jivan, Samvid, Samvida, Bhramari, Yugala, Vatala, Gna, Gandhaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.56.8). 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: “tāmevānusasārātha strīdvayaṃ jīvasaṃvidam
  • tāme -
  • tāma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    tāmi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • anu -
  • anu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    anu (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    anu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    anu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    anu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • sasārāt -
  • sasāra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    sasāra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ha -
  • ha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    han (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • strīdvayam -
  • strīdvaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    strīdvaya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • jīva -
  • jīva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jīva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jīvan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    jīvan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jīv (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • saṃvidam -
  • saṃvida (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    saṃvida (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    saṃvidā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    saṃvid (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “bhramarīyugalaṃ vātalagnāṃ gandhakalāmiva
  • bhramarī -
  • bhramarī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • yugalam -
  • yugala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vātala -
  • vātala (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vātala (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gnām -
  • gnā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • gandhaka -
  • gandhaka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    gandhaka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • lāmi -
  • (verb class 2)
    [present active first single]
  • va -
  • va (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.56.8

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 3.56.8 in Gujarati sript:
તામેવાનુસસારાથ સ્ત્રીદ્વયં જીવસંવિદમ્ ।
ભ્રમરીયુગલં વાતલગ્નાં ગન્ધકલામિવ ॥ ૮ ॥

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 3.56.8 in Telugu sript:
తామేవానుససారాథ స్త్రీద్వయం జీవసంవిదమ్ ।
భ్రమరీయుగలం వాతలగ్నాం గన్ధకలామివ ॥ ౮ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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