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 4.32.2

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
दामव्यालकुटुम्बैस्तैस्तदैव यमकिङ्करैः ।
प्रार्थितेन यमेनोक्तमिदं श्रृणु रघूद्वह ॥ २ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
dāmavyālakuṭumbaistaistadaiva yamakiṅkaraiḥ |
prārthitena yamenoktamidaṃ śrṛṇu raghūdvaha || 2 ||

Vasishtha replied:—Hear, O thou support of Raghu's race! what Yama said in respect of Dama, Vyala and their companions, when they besought for their liberation through his attendants in hell.

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

Shri, Vasishtha, Dama, Daman, Vyala, Kutumba, Tad, Tada, Yamakinkara, Prarthita, Yama, Ukta, Idam, Raghudvaha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.32.2). 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: “dāmavyālakuṭumbaistaistadaiva yamakiṅkaraiḥ
  • dāma -
  • dāma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dāman (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    dāman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperative active first plural]
  • vyāla -
  • vyāla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vyāla (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kuṭumbais -
  • kuṭumba (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    kuṭumba (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • tais -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • tadai -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • yamakiṅkaraiḥ -
  • yamakiṅkara (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 3: “prārthitena yamenoktamidaṃ śrṛṇu raghūdvaha
  • prārthitena -
  • prārthita (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    prārthita (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • yameno -
  • yama (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yama (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • uktam -
  • ukta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ukta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    uktā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    vac -> ukta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]
    vac -> ukta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative single from √vac class 3 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]
  • idam -
  • idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse śrṛṇu*ra
  • raghūdvaha -
  • raghūdvaha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.32.2

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 4.32.2 in Gujarati sript:
શ્રીવસિષ્ઠ ઉવાચ ।
દામવ્યાલકુટુમ્બૈસ્તૈસ્તદૈવ યમકિઙ્કરૈઃ ।
પ્રાર્થિતેન યમેનોક્તમિદં શ્રૃણુ રઘૂદ્વહ ॥ ૨ ॥

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 4.32.2 in Telugu sript:
శ్రీవసిష్ఠ ఉవాచ ।
దామవ్యాలకుటుమ్బైస్తైస్తదైవ యమకిఙ్కరైః ।
ప్రార్థితేన యమేనోక్తమిదం శ్రృణు రఘూద్వహ ॥ ౨ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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