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 3.81.54

निमेषकल्पावेतेन तुषेणान्नकणाविव ।
वलिता वेषचेत्याभ्यामणुः स्वात्माङ्गकं श्रितः ॥ ५४ ॥

nimeṣakalpāvetena tuṣeṇānnakaṇāviva |
valitā veṣacetyābhyāmaṇuḥ svātmāṅgakaṃ śritaḥ || 54 ||

The atom of the intellect, contains the moments and ages of time, like grains within the husk; it contains these (as its contents) in the seed within the infinite soul of God.

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

Nimesha, Kalpa, Eta, Etad, Esha, Tusha, Anna, Kana, Iva, Valita, Vesha, Cetya, Anu, Svatma, Kah, Shrit, Shrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.81.54). 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: “nimeṣakalpāvetena tuṣeṇānnakaṇāviva
  • nimeṣa -
  • nimeṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kalpāve -
  • kalpa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • etena -
  • eta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    eta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • tuṣeṇā -
  • tuṣa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • anna -
  • anna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    anna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kaṇāvi -
  • kaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Line 2: “valitā veṣacetyābhyāmaṇuḥ svātmāṅgakaṃ śritaḥ
  • valitā* -
  • valita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    valitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    val -> valita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √val class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √val class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √val], [vocative plural from √val]
    val -> valitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √val class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √val class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √val class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √val], [vocative plural from √val], [accusative plural from √val]
  • veṣa -
  • veṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    veṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vaṣ (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
    viṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • cetyābhyām -
  • cetya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
    cetya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
    cetyā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
    cit -> cetya (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental dual from √cit], [dative dual from √cit], [ablative dual from √cit]
    cit -> cetya (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental dual from √cit], [dative dual from √cit], [ablative dual from √cit]
    cit -> cetyā (participle, feminine)
    [instrumental dual from √cit], [dative dual from √cit], [ablative dual from √cit]
  • aṇuḥ -
  • aṇu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • svātmāṅ -
  • svātmā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • ga -
  • ga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kam -
  • ka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • śritaḥ -
  • śrit (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    śrit (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    śrita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śri -> śrita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śri class 1 verb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.81.54

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 3.81.54 in Gujarati sript:
નિમેષકલ્પાવેતેન તુષેણાન્નકણાવિવ ।
વલિતા વેષચેત્યાભ્યામણુઃ સ્વાત્માઙ્ગકં શ્રિતઃ ॥ ૫૪ ॥

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 3.81.54 in Telugu sript:
నిమేషకల్పావేతేన తుషేణాన్నకణావివ ।
వలితా వేషచేత్యాభ్యామణుః స్వాత్మాఙ్గకం శ్రితః ॥ ౫౪ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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