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 6.60.20

बाल्येन बाल्ये विश्रान्तो यौवने यौवनेन च ।
जरसा च जरारूपे मरणे मरणेन च ॥ २० ॥

bālyena bālye viśrānto yauvane yauvanena ca |
jarasā ca jarārūpe maraṇe maraṇena ca || 20 ||

He is the childhood of children, and the youth of young men; he shows himself as fading in the decay and decline of beings, and as his extinction in their death and demise.

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

Balya, Bali, Vishranta, Yauvana, Jaras, Jara, Arupa, Arupi, Marana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.60.20). 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: “bālyena bālye viśrānto yauvane yauvanena ca
  • bālyena -
  • bālya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • bālye -
  • bālya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bālī (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • viśrānto* -
  • viśrānta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • yauvane -
  • yauvana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • yauvanena -
  • yauvana (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “jarasā ca jarārūpe maraṇe maraṇena ca
  • jarasā -
  • jaras (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    jaras (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jarā -
  • jara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    jṛ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    jṝ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • arūpe -
  • arūpa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    arūpa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    arūpā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    arūpi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    arūpi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • maraṇe -
  • maraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • maraṇena -
  • maraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.60.20

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 6.60.20 in Gujarati sript:
બાલ્યેન બાલ્યે વિશ્રાન્તો યૌવને યૌવનેન ચ ।
જરસા ચ જરારૂપે મરણે મરણેન ચ ॥ ૨૦ ॥

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 6.60.20 in Telugu sript:
బాల్యేన బాల్యే విశ్రాన్తో యౌవనే యౌవనేన చ ।
జరసా చ జరారూపే మరణే మరణేన చ ॥ ౨౦ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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