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 4.1.32

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मेरुरास्ते कथमणौ कुतः किंचिदनाकृतौ ।
तदतद्रूपयोरैक्यं क्व च्छायातपयोरिव ॥ ३२ ॥

merurāste kathamaṇau kutaḥ kiṃcidanākṛtau |
tadatadrūpayoraikyaṃ kva cchāyātapayoriva || 32 ||

How can an atom contain a hill, or anything subsist in nothing? The union of a similar with its dissimilar, is as impossible as that of shadow with the light of the sun.
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 (4.1.32). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Meru, Katham, Katha, Ani, Anu, Kutah, Kuta, Kincid, Kincit, Anakrita, Tada, Tadrupa, Aikya, Kva, Ccha, Atapa, Iva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 4.1.32). 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: “merurāste kathamaṇau kutaḥ kiṃcidanākṛtau ”
merur -
meru (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

meru (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
āste -
√ās (verb class 2)

[present middle third 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]
aṇau -
aṇi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

aṇu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
kutaḥ -
kutaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kutaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kuta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kiñcid -
kiñcid (noun, neuter)

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

kiñcit (noun, masculine)

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

kiñcit (noun, feminine)

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

kiñcit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
anākṛtau -
anākṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “tadatadrūpayoraikyaṃ kva cchāyātapayoriva ”
tada -
tada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tadrūpayor -
tadrūpa (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

tadrūpa (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

tadrūpā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]
aikyam -
aikya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
kva -
kva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
cchāyā -
ccha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

ccha (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
atapayor -
atapa (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]