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 5.18.3

सर्वप्रकृतकार्यस्थो मध्यस्थः सर्वदृष्टिषु ।
ध्येयं तं वासनात्यागमवलम्ब्य व्यवस्थितः ॥ ३ ॥

sarvaprakṛtakāryastho madhyasthaḥ sarvadṛṣṭiṣu |
dhyeyaṃ taṃ vāsanātyāgamavalambya vyavasthitaḥ || 3 ||

He is attentive to his present business, and unmindful of every other object about him; he is devoid of cares and desires, and his thought is of his internal cogitations only.

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

Saru, Sarva, Aprakrita, Kari, Karya, Tha, Madhyastha, Sarvadrishti, Dhyeya, Vasana, Yaga, Vyavasthita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.18.3). 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: “sarvaprakṛtakāryastho madhyasthaḥ sarvadṛṣṭiṣu
  • sarva -
  • saru (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    saru (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    saru (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • aprakṛta -
  • aprakṛta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aprakṛta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kāryas -
  • kārī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kārya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]
    kṝ -> kārya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]
  • tho* -
  • tha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • madhyasthaḥ -
  • madhyastha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sarvadṛṣṭiṣu -
  • sarvadṛṣṭi (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    sarvadṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
    sarvadṛṣṭi (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • Line 2: “dhyeyaṃ taṃ vāsanātyāgamavalambya vyavasthitaḥ
  • dhyeyam -
  • dhyeya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dhyeya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dhyeyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tam -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • vāsanāt -
  • vāsana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    vāsana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • yāgam -
  • yāga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • avalambya -
  • vyavasthitaḥ -
  • vyavasthita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.18.3

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 5.18.3 in Gujarati sript:
સર્વપ્રકૃતકાર્યસ્થો મધ્યસ્થઃ સર્વદૃષ્ટિષુ ।
ધ્યેયં તં વાસનાત્યાગમવલમ્બ્ય વ્યવસ્થિતઃ ॥ ૩ ॥

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 5.18.3 in Telugu sript:
సర్వప్రకృతకార్యస్థో మధ్యస్థః సర్వదృష్టిషు ।
ధ్యేయం తం వాసనాత్యాగమవలమ్బ్య వ్యవస్థితః ॥ ౩ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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