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 5.17.13

अन्यच्च राम मनसि पुरुषस्य विचारिणः ।
जायते निश्चयः साधो स्फाराकारश्चतुर्विधः ॥ १३ ॥

anyacca rāma manasi puruṣasya vicāriṇaḥ |
jāyate niścayaḥ sādho sphārākāraścaturvidhaḥ || 13 ||

All reasoning men, O Rama! consider themselves in some one of these four different lights in their minds, which I shall now explain to you in brief.

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

Ani, Anya, Rama, Manas, Manasin, Purusha, Vicarin, Vicari, Jayat, Nishcaya, Sadhu, Sphara, Akara, Caturvidha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.17.13). 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: “anyacca rāma manasi puruṣasya vicāriṇaḥ
  • anya -
  • ani (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    anī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    anya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    an -> anya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √an]
  • ac -
  • ad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rāma -
  • rāma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    rāma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperative active first plural]
  • manasi -
  • manasin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    manasin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    manas (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    mnā (verb class 1)
    [present active second single]
  • puruṣasya -
  • puruṣa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    puruṣa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • vicāriṇaḥ -
  • vicārin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vicārin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vicārī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “jāyate niścayaḥ sādho sphārākāraścaturvidhaḥ
  • jāyate -
  • jai -> jāyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai -> jāyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
    jan (verb class 4)
    [present middle third single]
  • niścayaḥ -
  • niścaya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sādho -
  • sādhu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • sphārā -
  • sphāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sphāra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sphārā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • akāraś -
  • akāra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • caturvidhaḥ -
  • caturvidha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.17.13

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 5.17.13 in Gujarati sript:
અન્યચ્ચ રામ મનસિ પુરુષસ્ય વિચારિણઃ ।
જાયતે નિશ્ચયઃ સાધો સ્ફારાકારશ્ચતુર્વિધઃ ॥ ૧૩ ॥

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 5.17.13 in Telugu sript:
అన్యచ్చ రామ మనసి పురుషస్య విచారిణః ।
జాయతే నిశ్చయః సాధో స్ఫారాకారశ్చతుర్విధః ॥ ౧౩ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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