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 3.2.34

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मृत्युरुवाच ।
भगवञ्जायते शून्यात्कथं नाम वदेति मे ।
पृथ्व्यादयः कथं सन्ति न सन्ति वद वा कथम् ॥ ३४ ॥

mṛtyuruvāca |
bhagavañjāyate śūnyātkathaṃ nāma vadeti me |
pṛthvyādayaḥ kathaṃ santi na santi vada vā katham || 34 ||

Death rejoined saying said:—Tell me my lord! how may the unborn Aja or the self-born swayambhu, be produced out of vacuum, and how can an earthly or other elemental body be and not be.
English translation by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891) Read online Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.2.34). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mrityu, Bhagavat, Bhagavan, Jayat, Shunya, Katham, Katha, Naman, Vada, Vadi, Iti, Asmad, Prithvi, Adi, Sat, Santi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.2.34). 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: “mṛtyuruvāca ”
mṛtyur -
mṛtyu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “bhagavañjāyate śūnyātkathaṃ nāma vadeti me ”
bhagavañ -
bhagavan (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

bhagavan (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

bhagavat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
jāyate -
√jai -> jāyat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √jai class 1 verb]

√jai -> jāyat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √jai class 1 verb]

√jai (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]

√jan (verb class 4)

[present middle third single]
śūnyāt -
śūnya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

śūnya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
nāma -
nāman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vade -
vada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

vada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

vadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

vadi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

vadi (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√vad (verb class 1)

[present middle first single], [imperative active second single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
me -
ma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ma (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

mā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
Line 3: “pṛthvyādayaḥ kathaṃ santi na santi vada vā katham ”
pṛthvyā -
pṛthvī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]
ādayaḥ -
ādi (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ādi (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

√ad (verb class 0)

[imperfect active second single]
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
santi -
santi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

santi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

santi (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

sat (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√as (verb class 2)

[present active third plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
santi -
santi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

santi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

santi (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

sat (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√as (verb class 2)

[present active third plural]
vada -
vada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vad (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]