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 7.71.17

दुःखशूलसमाचारा द्वन्द्वशूलाखिलप्रजा ।
अधर्मशूलवनिता पानशूलजनेश्वरा ॥ १७ ॥

duḥkhaśūlasamācārā dvandvaśūlākhilaprajā |
adharmaśūlavanitā pānaśūlajaneśvarā || 17 ||

All men living by hard labour, and the reyets living upon litigation only; women living in impiety and impurity, and the rulers of men addicted to drinking.

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

Duhkha, Shula, Samacara, Dvandva, Akhila, Praja, Adharma, Shulavat, Ita, Pana, Jana, Jani, Ishvara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.71.17). 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: “duḥkhaśūlasamācārā dvandvaśūlākhilaprajā
  • duḥkha -
  • duḥkha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    duḥkha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śūla -
  • śūla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śūla (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śūl (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • samācārā* -
  • samācāra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    samācārā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • dvandva -
  • dvandva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dvandva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śūlā -
  • śūla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śūla (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śūlā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    śūl (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • akhila -
  • akhila (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    akhila (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prajā -
  • prajā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “adharmaśūlavanitā pānaśūlajaneśvarā
  • adharma -
  • adharma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śūlavan -
  • śūlavat (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • itā -
  • itā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    i -> itā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb]
  • pāna -
  • pāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śūla -
  • śūla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śūla (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śūl (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • jane -
  • jana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    jana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    janā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    jani (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    jan (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single], [imperative active second single]
    jan (verb class 2)
    [present middle first single]
  • īśvarā -
  • īśvarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.71.17

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 7.71.17 in Gujarati sript:
દુઃખશૂલસમાચારા દ્વન્દ્વશૂલાખિલપ્રજા ।
અધર્મશૂલવનિતા પાનશૂલજનેશ્વરા ॥ ૧૭ ॥

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 7.71.17 in Telugu sript:
దుఃఖశూలసమాచారా ద్వన్ద్వశూలాఖిలప్రజా ।
అధర్మశూలవనితా పానశూలజనేశ్వరా ॥ ౧౭ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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