Vālmīki is the original poet who wrote the rāmāyaṇa and the yoga-vasiṣṭha. These two works contain the essence of the vedas in simple, sweet language.
rāmāyaṇa
- [ link ] rāmāyaṇa ( with the tilaka commentary )
- [ link ] rāmāyaṇa ( with the tilaka, śiromaṇi and bhūṣaṇa commentaries)
- [ link ] english - abridged translation by hari prasad śastri
contents
The ramayana is composed of 7 books and 645 chapters
- 01 - bala kanda -- 77 chapters
- 02 - ayodhya kanda -- 119 chapters
- 03 - aranya kanda -- 75 chapters
- 04 - kishkinda kanda -- 67 chapters
- 05 - sundara kanda -- 68 chapters
- 06 - yuddha kanda -- 128 chapters
- 07 - uttara kanda -- 111 chapters
yoga vāsiṣṭha
- [ link ] yoga vāsiṣṭha (with the tātparya prakāśa commentary) djvu part 1
- [ link ] yoga vāsiṣṭha (with the tātparya prakāśa commentary) djvu part 2
translations:- [ link ] hindi (first half) - yoga vāsiṣḥṭha, by thakur prasad sarma
- [ link ] hindi (complete) - yoga vāsiṣḥṭha with the commentary by ānanda bodhendra sasarvatī
- [ link $$ ] english (abridged) - yoga vāsiṣḥṭha, by swami jyotirmayananda (1750 pages in 6 vols)
- [ link $$ ] english (abridged) - vasiṣṭha's yoga, by swami venkateśānanda (768 pages)
contents: The yoga vāsiṣṭha is composed of 6 books and 674 chapters.
- 01 - vairāgya prakaraṇa -- 33 chapters
- 02 - mumukṣu vyavahāra prakaraṇa -- 20 chapters
- 03 - utpatti prakaraṇa -- 122 chapters
- 04 - sthiti prakaraṇa -- 62 chapters
- 05 - upaśama prakaraṇa -- 93 chapters
- 06 - nirvāṇa prakaraṇa -- 128 + 216 chapters
texts and commentaries:
There are two major recensions of the yoga vasishtha
- mokshopaya with bhaskarakantha's tika
- yoga vāsiṣṭha with ānanda bodhendra sasarvatī's tātparya prakāśa (~28,000 slokas)
The voluminous yoga vāsiṣṭha has been abriged:
- laghu yoga vāsiṣṭha by abhinanda with advayāraṇya's candrikā (6000 slokas)
- vāsiṣṭha sangraha by jnanananda bharati (1698 slokas)
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