YOGA-VASISTHA Of Valamiki: 4 Volumes (Sanskrit Text and English Translation)

The yoga or contemplative philosophy of the Hindus is rich, exuberant, grand and sublime, in as much as it comprehends within its ample sphere and deep recesses of mediation, all that is of the greatest value, best interest and highest importance to mankind as physical, moral, intellectual and spiritual beings a knowledge of the cosmos of the physical and intellectual worlds.

The principal Gods Brahma and Siva are represented as Yogis the chief sages Vyasa. Valmiki, Vasistha and Yajnavalkya were propounders of Yoga system; the saints one and all were adepts in yoga. Yogavasistha is the greatest work of the Yoga-philosophy by Valmiki known by several names. This work has six chapter known as prakaranas as 1. Vairagava prakarana, 2. Mumuksu vyahara prakarana, 3. Utpatti prakarana, 4. Sthiti prakarana, 5. Upasama prakarana 6. Nirvana prakarana.

The present Edition of the translator Vihari Lal Mitra comes from a Bengali Background, his dicta is sometimes found impressed with Bengali accent. This is why he has written sattva as sottva, arghya as orghya, asattva as asuttva, etc. at all such places, a correct rendering of spellings has been made by the present editor without having leaned to Bengali accent. The translator has mistaken Samadhi for hypnotism, hence to avoid confusion Samadhi has been rendered as Samadhi for lack on any synonym thereof. Since this and other Yogic terms are peculiar to Sanskrit and they don't have their exact equivalences in other languages of the world. The old English usage sometimes takes its course I the translation in land so the present editor has replaced all such usages by the modest terms available in English languages. Some stanzas were also not translated there according to Sanskrit text of Nirvana Sagar edition. So, for the benefit of the readers those have been translated by editor.

The most conspicuous feature of the present edition is that it contains the Sanskrit text in original along with the English translation complete in all respects. Hope the present edition would by capable of fulfilling the long felt and most ardent need of the readers and researchers.

Chapter I
Introduction
Section 1 Divine Adoration	1
Section 2 Narrative of Sutiksna	1
Section 3 Anecdote of Karunya	1
Section 4 Story of Suruci	2
Section 5 Accounts of Aristanemi	3
Section 6 History of Rama	5
Chapter 2
Reason of writing the Ramayana	6
Section 1 Persons entitled to its Perusal	6
Section 2 Brahma's Behest	7
Section 3 Inquiry of Bharadvaja	7
Chapter 3
Valmiki's Admonition	8
Section 1 On True Knowledge	8
Section 2 Early History of Rama	10
Section 3 Rama's Pilgrimage	11
Chapter 4
Rama Return from Pigrimage	12
Chapter 5
Of Rama's Self-Dejection and its Cause	12
Chapter 6
Adevent of Visvamitra to the Royal Court	14
Section 2 Address of King-Dasaratha	16
Chapter 7
Visvamitra's Request for Rama	18
Chapter 8
Dasaratha's Reply to Visvamitra	20
Chapter 9
Visvamitra's Wranth and his Enraged Speech	22
Chapter 10
Melancholy of Rama	24
Chapter 11
Consolation of Rama	28
Chapter 12
Rama's Reply
Chapter 13
Vituperation of Riches	32
Chapter 14
Depreciation of Human Life	34
Chapter 15
Obloquy of Egoism	36
Chapter 16
The Ungovernableness of the Mind	37
Chapter 17
On Cupidity	39
Chapter 18
Obloquy of the Body	43
Chapter 19
Blemishes of Boyhood	48
Chapter 20
Vituperaton of Youth	50
Chapter 21
Vituperaton of Women	53
Chapter 22
Obloquy of Old Age	56
Chapter 23
Vicissitudes of Times	58
Chapter 24
Ravages of Time	61
Chapter 25
Sports of Death	62
Chapter 26
The Acts of Destiny	65
Chapter 27
Vanity of the World	68
Chapter 28
Mutability of the World	72
Chapter 29
Unreliableness of Wordly Times	75
Chapter 30
Self-Disparagement	77
Chapter 31
Queries of Rama	79
Chapter 32
Praises of Rama's Speech	81
Chapter 33
Association of Aerial and Earthly Beings	83
MUMUKSU PRAKARANA BOOK II
Chapter 1
Liberation of Sukhadeva	87
Chapter 2
Speech of Visvamitra	90
Chapter 3
On the Repeated Creations of the World	92
Chapter 4
Praise of Acts and Exertions	95
Chapter 5
Necessity of Activity	97
Chapter 6
Refutation of Fatalism	99
Chapter 7
On the Necessity of Activity	97
Chapter 8
Invalidation of Destiny	105
Chapter 9
Investigation of Acts	107
Chapter 10
Descension of knowledge	110
Chapter 11
On the Qualification of the Inquirer and Lecturer	113
Chapter 12
Greatness of True Knowledge	118
Chapter 13
On peace and Tranquility of mind	120
Chapter 14
On the Ascertainment of an argument	126
Chapter 15
On Contentment	130
Chapter 16
On Good Conduct	131
Chapter 17
On the Contents of the Work	134
Chapter 18
Ascertainmemt of the example or Major Proposition	138
Chapter 19
Ascretainment of True Evidence	143
Chapter 20
On Good Conduct	146
UTPATTI PRAKARANA EVOLUTION OF THE WORLD BOOK III
Chapter 1
Causes of Bondage to it	148
Section 1 Exordium	148
Section 2 Wordly Bondage	148
Section 3 Phases of the Spirit	149
Section 4 nature of Bondage	150
Chapter 2
Description of the First Cause	153
Section 1 Narrative of the Air-born and Aeriform Brahman	153
Section 2 State of the Soul	154
Chapter 3
Causes of Bondage in the Body	157
Chapter 4
Section 1 Description of the Night-Fall	160
Section 2 Nature of the Mind	163
Section 3 Kaivalya or Mental Abstraction	164
Chapter 5
On the Original Cause	167
Chapter 6
Admonition for attempt of Liberation	169
Chapter 7
Recognition of the Nihility of the Phenomenal World	171
Chapter 8
Nature of Good Sastras	175
Chapter 9
On the Supreme cause of All	176
Chapter 10
Description of the Chaotic State	182
Chapter 11
Spiritual View of Creation	188
Chapter 12
The Idealistic Theo-cosmogony of Vedanta	190
Chapter 13
On the Production of the Self-Born	195
Chapter 14
Establishment of Brahman	205
Chapter 15
Story of the Temple and its Prince
Chapter 16
Joy and Grief of the Princess	208
Chapter 17
Story of the Soubtful Realm or Reverie of Lila	211
Section 1 Description of the Court House and the Cortes	214
Chapter 18
Exposure of the Errors on this World	216
Chapter 19
Story of a Former Vasistha an dhis wife	219
Chapter 20
The moral of the Tale of Lila	221
Section 2 State of the Human Soul after Death	223
Chapter 21
Guide to Peace	225
Chapter 22
Practice of Wisdom or Wisdom in Practice	232
Section 1 Abandonment of Desires	232
Section 2 on the Practice of Yoga	233
Chapter 23
The Aerial Journey of Spiritual Bodies	234
Chapter 24
The Aerial Journey	235
Section 2 Description of the Heavens	236
Chapter 25
Description of the Earth	240
Chapter 26
Meeting the Siddhas	243
Chapter 27
Past lives of Lila	247
Chapter 28
Section 1 Exposition of Lila's Vision	252
Section 2 Description of the Mountainous Habitation	253
Chapter 29
Account of the Prevous Life of Lila	257
Chapter 30
Description of the Mundane Egg	261
Chapter 31
Section 1 Alighting of the Ladies on Earth	264
Section 2 Sight of a Battle Array in Earth and Air	265
Chapter 32
Onset of the War	266
Chapter 33
Commingied Fighting	269
Chapter 34
Description of the Battle	272
Chapter 35
Description of the Battle-field	276
Chapter 36
Section 1 Collsion of Equal Arms and Armigerents	279
Section 2 Catalogue of the Forces	280
Chapter 37
Catalogue of the Fources (continued)	284
Chapter 38
Cessation of the War	288
Chapter 39
Description of the Battle-Field Infested by Nocturnal Fiends	292
Chapter 40
Reflections on Human Life and Mind	295
Chapter 41
Discrimination of Error	300
Chapter 42
Philosophy of Dreaming	305
Chapter 43
Burning of the City	308
Chapter 44
Spiritual Interpretation of the Vision	313
Chapter 45
Theism consisting in True Knowledge	317
Chapter 46
Onslaught of Viduratha	319
Chapter 47
Encounter of Sindu and Viduratha	321
Chapter 48
Description of Daivastras or Supernatural Weapons	324
Chapter 49
Description of other kinds of Weapons	330
Chapter 50
Death of Viuratha	333
Conclusion	336
Chapter 51
Description of Sindhu Dominions	338
Chapter 52
State of Man after Death	339
Chapter 53
Representations of Reminiscence	344
Chapter 54
Reflection on Death	347
Chapter 55
The State of Life and Death	353
Chapter Displaying 1382 of 3793      Previous | Next Customer Comments Good - Sam 12th Jul 2009 i would like to the yoga - sakthikumar 23rd Jan 2009 It is unfortunate that this is at present the only complete bilingual version of YV. The Sanskrit text is full of misprints, at least one per page. The English translation also has an abundance of misprints and grammatical errors. Moreover, the translation itself is full of inaccuracies,--above all the constant mistranslation of 'brahman' as "Brahma", and even "God"--despite the fact that the Sanskrit carefully distinguishes between <brahma> the Absolute, and <brahmA> the god Brahma. But it is the only complete English version available at present. Swami Venkatesananda's abridged translation is by far more accurate, and certainly more beautiful. - jivadas3@yahoo.ca (das.jiva@gmail.com) 9th Mar 2007 Post a Comment Name   Email  Hide your Email-ID Verify the characters on the left My Gallery Show All Prev | Next You can keep adding items you like to this gallery as a Wish List. If you Sign In we will remember your Gallery for your future reuse. Delete | Add to Cart Sign In | Register to save to My Gallery Related Links Textiles and Costumes in Early India "Three conventionalised modes of clothing - one, for the divine female representing fertility, abundance and... Yoga Books Online: Exclusive Books on Yoga ... Find a great selection of online Yoga Books at ExoticIndia. We offer a wide range of books from yoga books f... Related Items Yoga Vasistha (Set of Ten Audio CDs) Arun Madhavanji Atikaji Saregama(2010) Price: $60.00 Yoga Vasistha (Volume I: Vairagya Mumukshu ... Swami Jyotirmayananda Hardcover Price: $17.00 Yoga Vasistha (Vol. II: Utpatti - Sthiti - ... Swami Jyotir Maya Nanda Paperback Price: $15.00 The Supreme Yoga: Yoga Vasistha Translated By: Swami Venkatesananda Paperback Price: $25.00 Yoga Vasistha Vol. IV: Nirvana Prakarana Pu... Swami Jyotirmayananda Paperback Price: $15.00 Yoga Vasistha (Volume III: Upashama Prakara... Swami Jyotirmayananda Paperback Price: $17.00 ssl certificates         View in:   Español  |  Français  |  Русский   Sold Items  |  Testimonials  |  RSS Feeds  |  Affiliates Program  |  Track Your Order  |  Send a Gift  |  Contact Us FAQs  |  Disclaimer  |  Return Policy  |  Privacy Policy  |  Shipping Policy  |  Newsletter  |  Links  |  Site Map All rights reserved. Copyright 2012 © Exotic India Paintings: Batik | Folk Art | Hindu | Large | Marble | Mughal | Oils | Persian | Sikh Art | South Indian | Tantra | Thangka | Wild Life Sculptures: Brass | Buddhist | Dolls | Hindu | Large | Nepalese | Ritual | Stone | Tantra | Wood Jewelry: Anklets | Bracelets | Buddhist | Earrings | Fashion | Gold | Hindu | Necklaces | Pendants | Rings | Sets | Sterling Silver | Stone | Tantra | Wholesale Lots Beads: 18 kt Gold | Faceted Gems | Findings | Gemstone | Gold Plated | Precious | Sterling Silver Textiles: Bags and Accessories | Bedspreads | Borders and Patches | Carpets | Fabrics | Footwear | Kurta Pajamas | Ladies Tops | Lehenga Choli | Made to Order | Religious | Salwar Kameez | Saris | Skirts | Stoles and Shawls | Wholesale Lots Books: Alternative Medicine | Art and Architecture | Astrology | Buddhist | Comics | Foreign Languages | Hindu | History | Indian Cinema | Language and Literature | Performing Arts | Philosophy | Sociology and Anthropology | Tantra | Travel | Yoga CDs & DVDs: Audio Books | Bollywood | Buddhist | Children | Culture | Dance | Discourses | DVDs | Folk | Hindu | Indian Classical Music | MP3 | Music Therapy | Others | Sufi and Ghazals | Tantra | Teach Yourself | Yoga and Meditation Beauty & Health Care: Baby and Child Care | Beauty Products | Foods | Health and Medicine | Herbs | Incense and Fragrances | Oils | Oral Care | Spices | Teas and Special Formulae Site Powered by www.unlimitedfx.com