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 3.10.14

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अशून्यापेक्षया शून्यशब्दार्थपरिकल्पना ।
अशून्यत्वात्संभवतः शून्यताशून्यते कुतः ॥ १४ ॥

aśūnyāpekṣayā śūnyaśabdārthaparikalpanā |
aśūnyatvātsaṃbhavataḥ śūnyatāśūnyate kutaḥ || 14 ||

The meaning of the word void (sunya) instead of no void (asunya) or existence, is a fiction as false as inanity is a nullity in nature. Something must come out of something, and never from a void nothing; and how can nothing be reduced to nothing in the end—mahapralaya. (sunyata sunyate katham)?
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 (3.10.14). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ashunya, Apekshaya, Apeksha, Shunya, Shabdartha, Parikalpana, Tva, Sambhava, Tas, Shunyatashunyata, Kutah, Kuta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.10.14). 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: “aśūnyāpekṣayā śūnyaśabdārthaparikalpanā ”
aśūnyā -
aśūnya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aśūnya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

aśūnyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
apekṣayā -
apekṣayā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

apekṣā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
śūnya -
śūnya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śūnya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śabdārtha -
śabdārtha (noun, masculine)

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

[nominative single]
Line 2: “aśūnyatvātsaṃbhavataḥ śūnyatāśūnyate kutaḥ ”
aśūnya -
aśūnya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aśūnya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tvāt -
tva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
sambhava -
sambhava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sambhava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
taḥ -
tas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tas (noun, neuter)

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

ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śūnyatāśūnyate -
śūnyatāśūnyatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
kutaḥ -
kutaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kutaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kuta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]