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 6.95.12

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शिखिध्वज उवाच ।
स्रष्टुराद्यस्य परमं ब्रह्म कस्मान्न कारणम् ।
अनन्तमजमव्यक्तमम्बरं शान्तमच्युतम् ॥ १२ ॥

śikhidhvaja uvāca |
sraṣṭurādyasya paramaṃ brahma kasmānna kāraṇam |
anantamajamavyaktamambaraṃ śāntamacyutam || 12 ||

Kumbha replied:—The God Brahma, being neither the cause nor the effect of any action, is but an invariable unity and transcendent spirit, and is never the cause or effect of anything.
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 (6.95.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shikhidhvaja, Srashtri, Adya, Paramam, Parama, Brahma, Brahman, Kasmat, Kah, Kim, Karana, Ananta, Aja, Avyaktam, Avyakta, Ambara, Shanta, Acyuta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.95.12). 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: “śikhidhvaja uvāca ”
śikhidhvaja* -
śikhidhvaja (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: “sraṣṭurādyasya paramaṃ brahma kasmānna kāraṇam ”
sraṣṭur -
sraṣṭṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
ādyasya -
ādya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ādya (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√ad -> ādya (participle, masculine)

[genitive single from √ad]

√ad -> ādya (participle, neuter)

[genitive single from √ad]
paramam -
paramam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

parama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

parama (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

paramā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
brahma -
brahma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahman (noun, neuter)

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

√brahm (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
kasmān -
kasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ka (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[ablative single]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[ablative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kāraṇam -
kāraṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

kāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 3: “anantamajamavyaktamambaraṃ śāntamacyutam ”
anantam -
ananta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ananta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

anantā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ajam -
ajā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

aja (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

aja (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable]

avyakta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

avyakta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

avyaktā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ambaram -
ambara (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

ambara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ambarā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
śāntam -
śānta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śānta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

śāntā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√śam -> śānta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √śam class 4 verb], [accusative single from √śam class 9 verb]

√śam -> śānta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √śam class 4 verb], [accusative single from √śam class 4 verb], [nominative single from √śam class 9 verb], [accusative single from √śam class 9 verb]
acyutam -
acyuta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

acyuta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

acyutā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]