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 7.139.18

नाडीष्वन्नावपूर्णासु तथा क्षीणासु वा क्लमात् ।
निःस्पन्दस्तिष्ठति प्राणस्तदोदेति सुषुप्तता ॥ १८ ॥

nāḍīṣvannāvapūrṇāsu tathā kṣīṇāsu vā klamāt |
niḥspandastiṣṭhati prāṇastadodeti suṣuptatā || 18 ||

When the stomach is filled with food, and the lungs are languid with weariness, the breathing then remains without its inflation, and brings on [a] state of sweet and sound sleep of susupti or hypnotism.

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

Nadi, Anna, Apurna, Tatha, Kshina, Klama, Nihspanda, Tishthat, Prana, Pran, Tada, Uda, Iti, Sushupta, Tan,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.139.18). 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: “nāḍīṣvannāvapūrṇāsu tathā kṣīṇāsu klamāt
  • nāḍīṣva -
  • nāḍī (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
  • annāva -
  • anna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • apūrṇāsu -
  • apūrṇā (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • kṣīṇāsu -
  • kṣīṇā (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
    kṣī -> kṣīṇā (participle, feminine)
    [locative plural from √kṣī class 1 verb], [locative plural from √kṣī class 5 verb], [locative plural from √kṣī class 9 verb]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • klamāt -
  • klama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • Line 2: “niḥspandastiṣṭhati prāṇastadodeti suṣuptatā
  • niḥspandas -
  • niḥspanda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tiṣṭhati -
  • sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
    sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
    sthā (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • prāṇas -
  • prāṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    prāṇ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    prāṇ (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • tado -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ude -
  • uda (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    udan (noun, neuter)
    [compound]
    ud (verb class 6)
    [present middle first single], [imperative active second single]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • suṣupta -
  • suṣupta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    suṣupta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.139.18

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 7.139.18 in Gujarati sript:
નાડીષ્વન્નાવપૂર્ણાસુ તથા ક્ષીણાસુ વા ક્લમાત્ ।
નિઃસ્પન્દસ્તિષ્ઠતિ પ્રાણસ્તદોદેતિ સુષુપ્તતા ॥ ૧૮ ॥

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 7.139.18 in Telugu sript:
నాడీష్వన్నావపూర్ణాసు తథా క్షీణాసు వా క్లమాత్ ।
నిఃస్పన్దస్తిష్ఠతి ప్రాణస్తదోదేతి సుషుప్తతా ॥ ౧౮ ॥

Cover of edition (2009)

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

Set of 2 Volumes; Khemraj Edition.

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