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 3.7.38

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नासतो विद्यते भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः ।
यत्तु नास्ति स्वभावेन कः क्लेशस्तस्य मार्जने ॥ ३८ ॥

nāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ |
yattu nāsti svabhāvena kaḥ kleśastasya mārjane || 38 ||

From nothing never comes a something, nor from something ever proceeds a nothing; and there is no difficulty whatever in removing what does not exist in nature,
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 (3.7.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nasat, Bhava, Satah, Sat, Sata, Yat, Yad, Nasti, Svabhava, Kah, Klesha, Tad, Marjana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.7.38). 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: “nāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ ”
nāsato* -
√nās -> nāsat (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √nās class 1 verb], [ablative single from √nās class 1 verb], [genitive single from √nās class 1 verb]

√nās -> nāsat (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √nās class 1 verb], [genitive single from √nās class 1 verb]

√nās (verb class 1)

[present active third dual]
vidyate -
√vid (verb class 2)

[present passive third single]

√vid (verb class 6)

[present passive third single]

√vid (verb class 7)

[present passive third single]
bhāvo* -
bhāva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√bhā (verb class 2)

[present active first dual]
nābhāvo -
vidyate -
√vid (verb class 2)

[present passive third single]

√vid (verb class 6)

[present passive third single]

√vid (verb class 7)

[present passive third single]
sataḥ -
sataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sat (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

sat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

sata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “yattu nāsti svabhāvena kaḥ kleśastasya mārjane ”
yat -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

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

yat (noun, neuter)

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

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
nāsti -
nāsti (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
svabhāvena -
svabhāva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
kaḥ -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kleśas -
kleśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tasya -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
mārjane -
mārjana (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

mārjana (noun, neuter)

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

mārjanā (noun, feminine)

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