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 4.39.28

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
कलङ्ककलना ब्रह्मण्यस्ति नास्तीति वानघ ।
सिद्धान्तकाले वक्तव्यं स्वयं ज्ञास्यसि राघव ॥ २८ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
kalaṅkakalanā brahmaṇyasti nāstīti vānagha |
siddhāntakāle vaktavyaṃ svayaṃ jñāsyasi rāghava || 28 ||

Vasishtha said:—I will tell thee Rama at the conclusion, of this lecture, whether the attribution of the dross of gross bodies, is applicable to Brahma or not.

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

Shri, Vasishtha, Kalanka, Kalana, Brahmanya, Brahman, Asti, Nasti, Iti, Vana, Gha, Siddhanta, Kale, Kala, Vaktavya, Svayam, Raghava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.39.28). 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: “kalaṅkakalanā brahmaṇyasti nāstīti vānagha
  • kalaṅka -
  • kalaṅka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kalanā* -
  • kalana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kalanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • brahmaṇya -
  • brahmaṇya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    brahmaṇya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    brahman (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • asti -
  • asti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    astī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    astī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    astī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]
  • nāstī -
  • nāsti (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • vāna -
  • vāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    u -> vāna (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √u class 1 verb], [vocative single from √u class 2 verb], [vocative single from √u class 5 verb]
    u -> vāna (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √u class 1 verb], [vocative single from √u class 2 verb], [vocative single from √u class 5 verb]
  • gha -
  • gha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    gha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 3: “siddhāntakāle vaktavyaṃ svayaṃ jñāsyasi rāghava
  • siddhānta -
  • siddhānta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kāle -
  • kāle (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kāla (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kāla (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kālā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • vaktavyam -
  • vaktavya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vaktavya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vaktavyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    vac -> vaktavya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]
    vac -> vaktavya (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]
  • svayam -
  • svayam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • jñāsyasi -
  • jñā (verb class 3)
    [future active second single]
    jñā (verb class 9)
    [future active second single]
  • rāghava -
  • rāghava (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 4.39.28

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 4.39.28 in Gujarati sript:
શ્રીવસિષ્ઠ ઉવાચ ।
કલઙ્કકલના બ્રહ્મણ્યસ્તિ નાસ્તીતિ વાનઘ ।
સિદ્ધાન્તકાલે વક્તવ્યં સ્વયં જ્ઞાસ્યસિ રાઘવ ॥ ૨૮ ॥

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 4.39.28 in Telugu sript:
శ్రీవసిష్ఠ ఉవాచ ।
కలఙ్కకలనా బ్రహ్మణ్యస్తి నాస్తీతి వానఘ ।
సిద్ధాన్తకాలే వక్తవ్యం స్వయం జ్ఞాస్యసి రాఘవ ॥ ౨౮ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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