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 7.11.2

तावत्पुरुषयत्नेन धैर्येणाभ्यासमाहरेत् ।
यावत्सुषुप्ततोदेति पदार्थोदयनं प्रति ॥ २ ॥

tāvatpuruṣayatnena dhairyeṇābhyāsamāharet |
yāvatsuṣuptatodeti padārthodayanaṃ prati || 2 ||

One must strive by exercise of his manly powers and patience, to practice his rigid hebetude or Stoicism, as long as he attains to his somnolence or hypnotism over all visible appearances.

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

Tavat, Purusha, Yatna, Dhairya, Abhyasa, Yavat, Sushupta, Toda, Iti, Padartha, Udayana, Prati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.11.2). 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: “tāvatpuruṣayatnena dhairyeṇābhyāsamāharet
  • tāvat -
  • tāvat (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tāvat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tāvat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    tāvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • puruṣa -
  • puruṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    puruṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yatnena -
  • yatna (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • dhairyeṇā -
  • dhairya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • abhyāsam -
  • abhyāsa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • ā -
  • ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • haret -
  • hṛ (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “yāvatsuṣuptatodeti padārthodayanaṃ prati
  • yāvat -
  • yāvat (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yāvat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yāvat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yāvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • suṣupta -
  • suṣupta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    suṣupta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tode -
  • toda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • padārtho -
  • padārtha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • udayanam -
  • udayana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    udayana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • prati -
  • prati (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    prati (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    pratī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    pratī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    pratī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    prati (Preverb)
    [Preverb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.11.2

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 7.11.2 in Gujarati sript:
તાવત્પુરુષયત્નેન ધૈર્યેણાભ્યાસમાહરેત્ ।
યાવત્સુષુપ્તતોદેતિ પદાર્થોદયનં પ્રતિ ॥ 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 7.11.2 in Telugu sript:
తావత్పురుషయత్నేన ధైర్యేణాభ్యాసమాహరేత్ ।
యావత్సుషుప్తతోదేతి పదార్థోదయనం ప్రతి ॥ ౨ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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