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 3.84.3

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
कुलानि सन्त्यनेकानि राक्षसानां स्वभावतः ।
तानि शुक्लानि कृष्णानि हरितान्युज्ज्वलानि च ॥ ३ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
kulāni santyanekāni rākṣasānāṃ svabhāvataḥ |
tāni śuklāni kṛṣṇāni haritānyujjvalāni ca || 3 ||

Vasishtha replied:—The Rakshas (cannibals), are originally of many races, some of whom are of dark and others of fair complexions, while many have a yellowish appearance and some of a greenish shade.

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

Shri, Vasishtha, Kula, Sat, Santya, Santi, Aneka, Rakshasa, Svabhavatah, Svabhavata, Tad, Tani, Shukla, Krishna, Harita, Ujjvala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.84.3). 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: “kulāni santyanekāni rākṣasānāṃ svabhāvataḥ
  • kulāni -
  • kula (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • santya -
  • santya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    santya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    santi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    santi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    santi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    sat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [nominative plural], [vocative dual], [vocative plural], [accusative dual], [accusative plural]
    as (verb class 2)
    [present active third plural]
  • anekāni -
  • aneka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • rākṣasānām -
  • rākṣasa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    rākṣasa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • svabhāvataḥ -
  • svabhāvataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    svabhāvata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 3: “tāni śuklāni kṛṣṇāni haritānyujjvalāni ca
  • tāni -
  • tānī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    tānī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    tānī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • śuklāni -
  • śukla (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • kṛṣṇāni -
  • kṛṣṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • haritānyu -
  • harita (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ujjvalāni -
  • ujjvala (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (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 3.84.3

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 3.84.3 in Gujarati sript:
શ્રીવસિષ્ઠ ઉવાચ ।
કુલાનિ સન્ત્યનેકાનિ રાક્ષસાનાં સ્વભાવતઃ ।
તાનિ શુક્લાનિ કૃષ્ણાનિ હરિતાન્યુજ્જ્વલાનિ ચ ॥ ૩ ॥

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 3.84.3 in Telugu sript:
శ్రీవసిష్ఠ ఉవాచ ।
కులాని సన్త్యనేకాని రాక్షసానాం స్వభావతః ।
తాని శుక్లాని కృష్ణాని హరితాన్యుజ్జ్వలాని చ ॥ ౩ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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