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 5.90.17

तस्य सत्त्वविलासस्य चित्तनाशस्य राघव ।
जीवन्मुक्तस्वभावस्य कैश्चिच्चित्ताभिधा कृता ॥ १७ ॥

tasya sattvavilāsasya cittanāśasya rāghava |
jīvanmuktasvabhāvasya kaiściccittābhidhā kṛtā || 17 ||

This display of the intrinsic quality of the mind, after the extinction of its emotions; and this temperament of the mind of the living liberated persons, is said by some to be the true nature of the mind.

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

Tad, Sattva, Vilasa, Cittanasha, Raghava, Jivanmukta, Svabhava, Kah, Kim, Cit, Citta, Abhidha, Krit, Krita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.90.17). 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: “tasya sattvavilāsasya cittanāśasya rāghava
  • tasya -
  • tas -> tasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √tas]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    tas (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • sattva -
  • sattva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sattva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vilāsasya -
  • vilāsa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    vilāsa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • cittanāśasya -
  • cittanāśa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • rāghava -
  • rāghava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “jīvanmuktasvabhāvasya kaiściccittābhidhā kṛtā
  • jīvanmukta -
  • jīvanmukta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jīvanmukta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • svabhāvasya -
  • svabhāva (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • kaiś -
  • ka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • cic -
  • cit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • cittā -
  • citta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    citta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    cittā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    cit (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • abhidhā -
  • abhidhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • kṛtā -
  • kṛt (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    kṛt (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    kṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    kṛ -> kṛtā (participle, feminine)
    [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]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.90.17

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 5.90.17 in Gujarati sript:
તસ્ય સત્ત્વવિલાસસ્ય ચિત્તનાશસ્ય રાઘવ ।
જીવન્મુક્તસ્વભાવસ્ય કૈશ્ચિચ્ચિત્તાભિધા કૃતા ॥ ૧૭ ॥

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 5.90.17 in Telugu sript:
తస్య సత్త్వవిలాసస్య చిత్తనాశస్య రాఘవ ।
జీవన్ముక్తస్వభావస్య కైశ్చిచ్చిత్తాభిధా కృతా ॥ ౧౭ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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