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 3.57.38

श्रीराम उवाच ।
अनन्तर ये वास्तव्या लीलां पश्यन्ति ते यदि ।
तत्सत्यसंकल्पतया बुध्यन्ते किमतः प्रभो ॥ ३८ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca |
anantara ye vāstavyā līlāṃ paśyanti te yadi |
tatsatyasaṃkalpatayā budhyante kimataḥ prabho || 38 ||

Rama said:—Now tell me Sir, what the inmates of the house thought this Lila to be; whether they viewed her as an embodied being or a bodiless apparition appearing before them.

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

Shrirama, Anantara, Yah, Yat, Vastavi, Vastavya, Lila, Pashyanti, Pashyat, Tad, Yushmad, Yadi, Yad, Tatsad, Asankalpa, Taya, Kim, Atah, Prabhu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.57.38). 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: “śrīrāma uvāca
  • śrīrāma* -
  • śrīrāma (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: “anantara ye vāstavyā līlāṃ paśyanti te yadi
  • anantara -
  • anantara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    anantara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • vāstavyā* -
  • vāstavī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vāstavya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vāstavyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • līlām -
  • līlā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • paśyanti -
  • paśyantī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    paśyat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • yadi -
  • yadi (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    yadi (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • Line 3: “tatsatyasaṃkalpatayā budhyante kimataḥ prabho
  • tatsat -
  • tatsad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    tatsad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ya -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
  • asaṅkalpa -
  • asaṅkalpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    asaṅkalpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tayā* -
  • taya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • budhyante -
  • budh (verb class 1)
    [present passive third plural]
    budh (verb class 4)
    [present middle third plural], [present passive third plural]
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ataḥ -
  • ataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • prabho -
  • prabhu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    prabhu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.57.38

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 3.57.38 in Gujarati sript:
શ્રીરામ ઉવાચ ।
અનન્તર યે વાસ્તવ્યા લીલાં પશ્યન્તિ તે યદિ ।
તત્સત્યસંકલ્પતયા બુધ્યન્તે કિમતઃ પ્રભો ॥ ૩૮ ॥

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 3.57.38 in Telugu sript:
శ్రీరామ ఉవాచ ।
అనన్తర యే వాస్తవ్యా లీలాం పశ్యన్తి తే యది ।
తత్సత్యసంకల్పతయా బుధ్యన్తే కిమతః ప్రభో ॥ ౩౮ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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