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 6.22.53

विचित्रसंस्थानविशेषदेशान्विचित्रकार्याकुलभूतकोशान् ।
विचित्रविन्यासविलासवेषान्स्मराम्यहं ब्रह्मदिनेष्वशेषाम् ॥ ५३ ॥

vicitrasaṃsthānaviśeṣadeśānvicitrakāryākulabhūtakośān |
vicitravinyāsavilāsaveṣānsmarāmyahaṃ brahmadineṣvaśeṣām || 53 ||

I remember likewise the varying positions and boundaries of countries, and also the very changing and diversified actions and occupations of their people. I remember too the various costumes and fashions and amusements of men, during the ceaseless course of days and nights in the endless duration of time.

English translation by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891) Read online Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (6.22.53). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vicitra, Samsthana, Vishesha, Desha, Vicitraka, Ari, Arin, Arya, Akula, Bhuta, Kosha, Vinyasa, Vilasa, Vesha, Aha, Asmad, Brahmadina, Ashesha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.22.53). 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: “vicitrasaṃsthānaviśeṣadeśānvicitrakāryākulabhūtakośān
  • vicitra -
  • vicitra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vicitra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṃsthāna -
  • saṃsthāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saṃsthāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • viśeṣa -
  • viśeṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    viśeṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • deśān -
  • deśa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • vicitrakā -
  • vicitraka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vicitraka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vicitrakā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aryā -
  • ari (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ari (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ari (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    arin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    arya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    arya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aryā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • ākula -
  • ākula (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ākula (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhūta -
  • bhūta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhūta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [injunctive active second plural]
  • kośān -
  • kośa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “vicitravinyāsavilāsaveṣānsmarāmyahaṃ brahmadineṣvaśeṣām
  • vicitra -
  • vicitra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vicitra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vinyāsa -
  • vinyāsa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vilāsa -
  • vilāsa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vilāsa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • veṣān -
  • veṣa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • smarāmya -
  • smṛ (verb class 1)
    [present active first single]
  • aham -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • brahmadineṣva -
  • brahmadina (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • aśeṣām -
  • aśeṣā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.22.53

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 6.22.53 in Gujarati sript:
વિચિત્રસંસ્થાનવિશેષદેશાન્વિચિત્રકાર્યાકુલભૂતકોશાન્ ।
વિચિત્રવિન્યાસવિલાસવેષાન્સ્મરામ્યહં બ્રહ્મદિનેષ્વશેષામ્ ॥ ૫૩ ॥

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 6.22.53 in Telugu sript:
విచిత్రసంస్థానవిశేషదేశాన్విచిత్రకార్యాకులభూతకోశాన్ ।
విచిత్రవిన్యాసవిలాసవేషాన్స్మరామ్యహం బ్రహ్మదినేష్వశేషామ్ ॥ ౫౩ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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