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 5.18.12

जितचित्ता महात्मानो ये हि दृष्टपरावराः ।
स्वभाव ईदृशस्तेषां कथितस्तव राघव ॥ १२ ॥

jitacittā mahātmāno ye hi dṛṣṭaparāvarāḥ |
svabhāva īdṛśasteṣāṃ kathitastava rāghava || 12 ||

Such is the nature, Rama, of the great souls, who have subdued their minds, and know the course of nature, as I have described to you.

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

Jita, Citta, Mahatman, Yah, Yat, Drishta, Paravara, Svabhava, Idrish, Idrisha, Tad, Kathita, Yushmad, 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 5.18.12). 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: “jitacittā mahātmāno ye hi dṛṣṭaparāvarāḥ
  • jita -
  • jita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ji -> jita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ji class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ji class 9 verb]
    ji -> jita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ji class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ji class 9 verb]
  • cittā* -
  • citta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    cittā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • mahātmāno* -
  • mahātman (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • dṛṣṭa -
  • dṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √dṛś]
    dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √dṛś]
    dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
    dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
  • parāvarāḥ -
  • parāvara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    parāvarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “svabhāva īdṛśasteṣāṃ kathitastava rāghava
  • svabhāva* -
  • svabhāva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • īdṛśas -
  • īdṛś (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    īdṛś (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    īdṛś (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    īdṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • teṣām -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • kathitas -
  • kathita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kath -> kathita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √kath class 10 verb]
  • tava -
  • yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive 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 5.18.12

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 5.18.12 in Gujarati sript:
જિતચિત્તા મહાત્માનો યે હિ દૃષ્ટપરાવરાઃ ।
સ્વભાવ ઈદૃશસ્તેષાં કથિતસ્તવ રાઘવ ॥ ૧૨ ॥

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 5.18.12 in Telugu sript:
జితచిత్తా మహాత్మానో యే హి దృష్టపరావరాః ।
స్వభావ ఈదృశస్తేషాం కథితస్తవ రాఘవ ॥ ౧౨ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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