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 4.1.26

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आकाशादपि सूक्ष्मस्य परस्य परमात्मनः ।
सर्वाख्यानुपलम्भस्य कीदृशी बीजता कथम् ॥ २६ ॥

ākāśādapi sūkṣmasya parasya paramātmanaḥ |
sarvākhyānupalambhasya kīdṛśī bījatā katham || 26 ||

The Supreme Spirit also, being more rarefied than the subtile ether, and undefinable by words, cannot be of the form of a seed.
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 (4.1.26). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Akasha, Api, Sukshma, Para, Paramatman, Saru, Sarva, Akhyas, Akhya, Upalambha, Kidrish, Kidrishi, Bija, Tan, Katham, Katha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.1.26). 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: “ākāśādapi sūkṣmasya parasya paramātmanaḥ ”
ākāśād -
ākāśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

ākāśa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
sūkṣmasya -
sūkṣma (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

sūkṣma (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
parasya -
para (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

para (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
paramātmanaḥ -
paramātman (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “sarvākhyānupalambhasya kīdṛśī bījatā katham ”
sarvā -
saru (noun, masculine)

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

saru (noun, neuter)

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

saru (noun, feminine)

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

sarva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sarva (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

sarvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ākhyān -
ākhyas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ākhya (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
upalambhasya -
upalambha (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
kīdṛśī -
kīdṛśī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

kīdṛś (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
bīja -
bīja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bīja (noun, neuter)

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

[nominative single]

tan (noun, masculine)

[nominative 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]