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 6.58.8

यथाऽनलगिरिं प्राप्य हिमलेशो विलीयते ।
शुद्धमासाद्य चित्तत्त्वमविद्या लीयते तथा ॥ ८ ॥

yathā'nalagiriṃ prāpya himaleśo vilīyate |
śuddhamāsādya cittattvamavidyā līyate tathā || 8 ||

As the frost and ice melt away before a volcanic mountain, so doth our ignorance fly afar, from the knowledge of the intellectual soul.

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

Anala, Giri, Prapya, Hima, Lesha, Shuddha, Asadya, Cittattva, Avidya, Tatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.58.8). 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: “yathā'nalagiriṃ prāpya himaleśo vilīyate
  • yathā' -
  • anala -
  • anala (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • girim -
  • giri (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    giri (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • prāpya -
  • prāpya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prāpya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hima -
  • hima (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hima (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • leśo* -
  • leśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vi -
  • vi (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    vi (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    vi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vi (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • līyate -
  • (verb class 1)
    [present passive third single]
    (verb class 4)
    [present middle third single], [present passive third single]
    (verb class 9)
    [present passive third single]
  • Line 2: “śuddhamāsādya cittattvamavidyā līyate tathā
  • śuddham -
  • śuddha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śuddha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śuddhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    śudh -> śuddha (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √śudh class 4 verb]
    śudh -> śuddha (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śudh class 4 verb], [accusative single from √śudh class 4 verb]
  • āsādya -
  • āsādya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āsādya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • cittattvam -
  • cittattva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    cittattva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • avidyā* -
  • avidya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    avidyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • līyate -
  • (verb class 1)
    [present passive third single]
    (verb class 4)
    [present middle third single], [present passive third single]
    (verb class 9)
    [present passive third single]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.58.8

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 6.58.8 in Gujarati sript:
યથાઽનલગિરિં પ્રાપ્ય હિમલેશો વિલીયતે ।
શુદ્ધમાસાદ્ય ચિત્તત્ત્વમવિદ્યા લીયતે તથા ॥ ૮ ॥

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 6.58.8 in Telugu sript:
యథాఽనలగిరిం ప్రాప్య హిమలేశో విలీయతే ।
శుద్ధమాసాద్య చిత్తత్త్వమవిద్యా లీయతే తథా ॥ ౮ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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