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 3.11.6

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श्रीराम उवाच ।
वन्ध्यापुत्रनभोवृक्षकल्पना तावदस्ति हि ।
सा यथा नाशजन्माढ्या तथैवेदं न किं भवेत् ॥ ६ ॥

śrīrāma uvāca |
vandhyāputranabhovṛkṣakalpanā tāvadasti hi |
sā yathā nāśajanmāḍhyā tathaivedaṃ na kiṃ bhavet || 6 ||

Rama rejoined:—The son of a barren woman and a forest in the sky are mere fictions, but the visible world is not so, which has both its beginning and end.
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 (3.11.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shrirama, Vandhyaputra, Nabh, Nabha, Nabhas, Vriksha, Kalpana, Tavat, Asti, Yatha, Nasha, Janma, Janman, Adhya, Tatha, Idam, Kim,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.11.6). 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: “śrīrāma uvāca ”
śrīrāma* -
śrīrāma (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: “vandhyāputranabhovṛkṣakalpanā tāvadasti hi ”
vandhyāputra -
vandhyāputra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
nabho -
nabhas (noun, masculine)

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

nabhas (noun, neuter)

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

nabh (noun, feminine)

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

nabha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vṛkṣa -
vṛkṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vṛkṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
kalpanā -
kalpanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tāvad -
tāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tāvat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tāvat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

tāvat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
asti -
asti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

astī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

astī (noun, feminine)

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

astī (noun, neuter)

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

√as (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
Line 3: “sā yathā nāśajanmāḍhyā tathaivedaṃ na kiṃ bhavet ”
sā* -
so (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
nāśa -
nāśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
janmā -
janma (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

janma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

janman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
āḍhyā -
āḍhyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aive -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
bhavet -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]