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 5.8.5

ययौ कुसुमिताभोगंसुविलासलताङ्गनम् ।
लीलयोपवनं कान्तं नन्दनं वासवो यथा ॥ ५ ॥

yayau kusumitābhogaṃsuvilāsalatāṅganam |
līlayopavanaṃ kāntaṃ nandanaṃ vāsavo yathā || 5 ||

He walked amidst the flowery arbours, resembling the graceful beauties with ornaments upon them, and sported in their bowers as the god Vasava disports in his garden of Nandana.

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

Yayi, Yayu, Kusumita, Abhoga, Lasa, Lata, Angana, Lila, Upavanam, Upavana, Kanta, Nandana, Vasava, Vasu, Yatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.8.5). 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: “yayau kusumitābhogaṃsuvilāsalatāṅganam
  • yayau -
  • yayi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yayi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    yayu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yayu (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
  • kusumitā -
  • kusumita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kusumita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kusumitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • abhogaṃ -
  • abhoga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • suvi -
  • (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • lāsa -
  • lāsa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • latā -
  • latā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aṅganam -
  • aṅgana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    aṅganā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “līlayopavanaṃ kāntaṃ nandanaṃ vāsavo yathā
  • līlayo -
  • līlā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • upavanam -
  • upavanam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    upavana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kāntam -
  • kānta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kānta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kāntā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    kam -> kānta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kam class 1 verb]
    kam -> kānta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kam class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kam class 1 verb]
  • nandanam -
  • nandana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nandana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nandanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vāsavo* -
  • vāsava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    vāsu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.8.5

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 5.8.5 in Gujarati sript:
યયૌ કુસુમિતાભોગંસુવિલાસલતાઙ્ગનમ્ ।
લીલયોપવનં કાન્તં નન્દનં વાસવો યથા ॥ ૫ ॥

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 5.8.5 in Telugu sript:
యయౌ కుసుమితాభోగంసువిలాసలతాఙ్గనమ్ ।
లీలయోపవనం కాన్తం నన్దనం వాసవో యథా ॥ ౫ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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