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 6.113.2

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच ।
श्रृणु राम यथाभूतमेतत्प्रकटयामि ते ।
मिथ्यापुरुषवृत्तान्तकथा या कथिताधुना ॥ २ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
śrṛṇu rāma yathābhūtametatprakaṭayāmi te |
mithyāpuruṣavṛttāntakathā yā kathitādhunā || 2 ||

Vasishtha replied:—Hear me, Rama, now expound to you the meaning of my parable of the false man, and the allusion which it bears to every fanciful man in this world.

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

Shri, Vasishtha, Rama, Yathabhutam, Etad, Prakata, Amin, Tad, Yushmad, Mithyapurusha, Vrittanta, Katha, Kathita, Adhuna,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.113.2). 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: “śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca
  • śrī -
  • śrī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    śrī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • vasiṣṭha* -
  • vasiṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • uvāca -
  • vac (verb class 2)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
  • Line 2: “śrṛṇu rāma yathābhūtametatprakaṭayāmi te
  • Cannot analyse śrṛṇu*rā
  • rāma -
  • rāma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    rāma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperative active first plural]
  • yathābhūtam -
  • yathābhūtam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • etat -
  • etad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • prakaṭayā -
  • prakaṭā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • ami -
  • amin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    amin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 3: “mithyāpuruṣavṛttāntakathā kathitādhunā
  • mithyāpuruṣa -
  • mithyāpuruṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vṛttānta -
  • vṛttānta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vṛttānta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kathā* -
  • kathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    katha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • -
  • (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • kathitā -
  • kathita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kathita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kathitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    kath -> kathita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √kath class 10 verb]
    kath -> kathita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √kath class 10 verb]
    kath -> kathitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √kath class 10 verb]
  • adhunā -
  • adhunā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.113.2

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 6.113.2 in Gujarati sript:
શ્રીવસિષ્ઠ ઉવાચ ।
શ્રૃણુ રામ યથાભૂતમેતત્પ્રકટયામિ તે ।
મિથ્યાપુરુષવૃત્તાન્તકથા યા કથિતાધુના ॥ ૨ ॥

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 6.113.2 in Telugu sript:
శ్రీవసిష్ఠ ఉవాచ ।
శ్రృణు రామ యథాభూతమేతత్ప్రకటయామి తే ।
మిథ్యాపురుషవృత్తాన్తకథా యా కథితాధునా ॥ ౨ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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