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 5.4.23

भाजनं त्वं विविक्तानां वचसां शुद्धिशालिनाम् ।
विविक्तहृदयः कण्ठे मुक्तानामिव राघव ॥ २३ ॥

bhājanaṃ tvaṃ viviktānāṃ vacasāṃ śuddhiśālinām |
viviktahṛdayaḥ kaṇṭhe muktānāmiva rāghava || 23 ||

You are then only the proper receptacle of a rational discourse and a holy sermon, when you retain them like brilliant pearls in the chest of your capacious and reasoning breast.

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

Bhajana, Tva, Yushmad, Vivikta, Vacas, Vacasa, Shalin, Hridaya, Kantha, Mukta, Iva, 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 5.4.23). 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: “bhājanaṃ tvaṃ viviktānāṃ vacasāṃ śuddhiśālinām
  • bhājanam -
  • bhājana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bhājana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    bhājanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tvam -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • viviktānām -
  • vivikta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    vivikta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    viviktā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • vacasām -
  • vacas (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    vacas (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    vacasā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • śuddhi -
  • śuddhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • śālinām -
  • śālin (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    śālin (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • Line 2: “viviktahṛdayaḥ kaṇṭhe muktānāmiva rāghava
  • vivikta -
  • vivikta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vivikta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vic (verb class 3)
    [imperative active second plural]
    vij (verb class 3)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • hṛdayaḥ -
  • hṛdaya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kaṇṭhe -
  • kaṇṭha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kaṇṭh (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • muktānām -
  • mukta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    mukta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    muktā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)
    [genitive plural from √muc class 6 verb]
    muc -> mukta (participle, neuter)
    [genitive plural from √muc class 6 verb]
    muc -> muktā (participle, feminine)
    [genitive plural from √muc class 6 verb]
    muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)
    [genitive plural from √muc class 1 verb]
    muc -> mukta (participle, neuter)
    [genitive plural from √muc class 1 verb]
    muc -> muktā (participle, feminine)
    [genitive plural from √muc class 1 verb]
    muj -> mukta (participle, masculine)
    [genitive plural from √muj class 1 verb]
    muj -> mukta (participle, neuter)
    [genitive plural from √muj class 1 verb]
    muj -> muktā (participle, feminine)
    [genitive plural from √muj class 1 verb]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • 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 5.4.23

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 5.4.23 in Gujarati sript:
ભાજનં ત્વં વિવિક્તાનાં વચસાં શુદ્ધિશાલિનામ્ ।
વિવિક્તહૃદયઃ કણ્ઠે મુક્તાનામિવ રાઘવ ॥ ૨૩ ॥

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 5.4.23 in Telugu sript:
భాజనం త్వం వివిక్తానాం వచసాం శుద్ధిశాలినామ్ ।
వివిక్తహృదయః కణ్ఠే ముక్తానామివ రాఘవ ॥ ౨౩ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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