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 3.116.16

इत्थमनन्ता ब्रह्मकोटयोऽस्मिन्ब्रह्माण्डेऽन्येषु च समतीता भविष्यन्तीति सन्ति चेतरा अनन्ता यासां संख्यापि न विद्यते ॥ १६ ॥

itthamanantā brahmakoṭayo'sminbrahmāṇḍe'nyeṣu ca samatītā bhaviṣyantīti santi cetarā anantā yāsāṃ saṃkhyāpi na vidyate || 16 ||

इत्थमनन्ता ब्रह्मकोटयोऽस्मिन्ब्रह्माण्डेऽन्येषु च समतीता भविष्यन्तीति सन्ति चेतरा अनन्ता यासां संख्यापि न विद्यते ॥ १६ ॥

itthamanantā brahmakoṭayo'sminbrahmāṇḍe'nyeṣu ca samatītā bhaviṣyantīti santi cetarā anantā yāsāṃ saṃkhyāpi na vidyate || 16 ||

So there are millions of Brahmas born in this mundane egg, and many that have gone by and are yet to come, whose number is innumerable.

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

Samatita, Bhavishyanti, Bhavishyat, Iti, Sat, Santi, Ceta, Rai, Ananta, Yasa, Sankhya, Api,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.116.16). 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: “samatītā bhaviṣyantīti santi cetarā anantā yāsāṃ saṃkhyāpi na vidyate
  • samatītā* -
  • samatīta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    samatītā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhaviṣyantī -
  • bhaviṣyantī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    bhaviṣyat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [nominative plural], [vocative dual], [vocative plural], [accusative dual], [accusative plural]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [future active third plural]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • santi -
  • santi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    santi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    santi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    sat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    as (verb class 2)
    [present active third plural]
  • ceta -
  • ceta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ceta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    cat (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
    cit (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • rā* -
  • ra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    rai (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • anantā* -
  • ananta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    anantā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • yāsām -
  • yāsā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • saṅkhyā -
  • saṅkhya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saṅkhya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saṅkhyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vidyate -
  • vid (verb class 2)
    [present passive third single]
    vid (verb class 6)
    [present passive third single]
    vid (verb class 7)
    [present passive third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.116.16

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 3.116.16 in Gujarati sript:
इत्थमनन्ता ब्रह्मकोटयोऽस्मिन्ब्रह्माण्डेऽन्येषु च
समतीता भविष्यन्तीति सन्ति चेतरा अनन्ता यासां संख्यापि न विद्यते ॥ १६ ॥
ઇત્થમનન્તા બ્રહ્મકોટયોઽસ્મિન્બ્રહ્માણ્ડેઽન્યેષુ ચ
સમતીતા ભવિષ્યન્તીતિ સન્તિ ચેતરા અનન્તા યાસાં સંખ્યાપિ ન વિદ્યતે ॥ ૧૬ ॥

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 3.116.16 in Telugu sript:
इत्थमनन्ता ब्रह्मकोटयोऽस्मिन्ब्रह्माण्डेऽन्येषु च
समतीता भविष्यन्तीति सन्ति चेतरा अनन्ता यासां संख्यापि न विद्यते ॥ १६ ॥
ఇత్థమనన్తా బ్రహ్మకోటయోఽస్మిన్బ్రహ్మాణ్డేఽన్యేషు చ
సమతీతా భవిష్యన్తీతి సన్తి చేతరా అనన్తా యాసాం సంఖ్యాపి న విద్యతే ॥ ౧౬ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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