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 6.96.29

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यद्वै न कस्यचिद्बीजमनाख्यत्वान्न कारणम् ।
न किंचिज्जायते तस्मात्प्रमाणादि ततात्मनः ॥ २९ ॥

yadvai na kasyacidbījamanākhyatvānna kāraṇam |
na kiṃcijjāyate tasmātpramāṇādi tatātmanaḥ || 29 ||

That which has no name of itself, cannot be the seed of another; no nameless nothing can grow anything, nor can a commensurable world spring out of an incommensurable spirit.
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 (6.96.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kah, Kim, Cit, Bija, Anakhya, Tva, Karana, Tasmat, Tad, Pramana, Tata, Mana, Manas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.96.29). 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: “yadvai na kasyacidbījamanākhyatvānna kāraṇam ”
yadvai -
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kasya -
√kas -> kasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kas]

ka (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ka (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]
cid -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
bījam -
bīja (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bīja (noun, neuter)

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

bījā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
anākhya -
anākhya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

anākhya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tvānn -
tva (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
a -
a (noun, masculine)

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

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

kāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “na kiṃcijjāyate tasmātpramāṇādi tatātmanaḥ ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Cannot analyse kiñcijjāyate*ta
tasmāt -
tasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]
pramāṇā -
pramāṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pramāṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
adi -
ad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ad (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
tatāt -
tata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

tata (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[ablative single from √tan class 8 verb]

√tan -> tata (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √tan class 8 verb]
manaḥ -
manas (noun, neuter)

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

mana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]