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 7.2.12

देहस्तावदयं ब्रह्मन्कर्मवृक्षः समुत्थितः ।
रूढः संसारविपिने विचित्राङ्गलताञ्चितः ॥ १२ ॥

dehastāvadayaṃ brahmankarmavṛkṣaḥ samutthitaḥ |
rūḍhaḥ saṃsāravipine vicitrāṅgalatāñcitaḥ || 12 ||

I ween sir, the body of ours to be the tree of our action, and has grown out in the great garden of this world, and is girt with twining creepers of various kinds.

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

Deha, Tavat, Aya, Idam, Samutthita, Rudha, Samsara, Vipina, Vicitranga, Lata, Ancita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.2.12). 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: “dehastāvadayaṃ brahmankarmavṛkṣaḥ samutthitaḥ
  • dehas -
  • deha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tāvad -
  • tāvat (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tāvat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tāvat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    tāvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ayam -
  • aya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse brahmankarmavṛkṣaḥ*sa
  • samutthitaḥ -
  • samutthita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “rūḍhaḥ saṃsāravipine vicitrāṅgalatāñcitaḥ
  • rūḍhaḥ -
  • rūḍha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ruh -> rūḍha (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √ruh class 1 verb]
  • saṃsāra -
  • saṃsāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vipine -
  • vipina (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • vicitrāṅga -
  • vicitrāṅga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • latā -
  • latā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • añcitaḥ -
  • añcita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    añc -> añcita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √añc]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.2.12

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 7.2.12 in Gujarati sript:
દેહસ્તાવદયં બ્રહ્મન્કર્મવૃક્ષઃ સમુત્થિતઃ ।
રૂઢઃ સંસારવિપિને વિચિત્રાઙ્ગલતાઞ્ચિતઃ ॥ ૧૨ ॥

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 7.2.12 in Telugu sript:
దేహస్తావదయం బ్రహ్మన్కర్మవృక్షః సముత్థితః ।
రూఢః సంసారవిపినే విచిత్రాఙ్గలతాఞ్చితః ॥ ౧౨ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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