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 6.100.6

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देशकालवशात्सर्वे हेतुमन्तः प्रमाणगाः ।
अकर्तृब्रह्मविषयः प्रमा कारणयोः कथम् ॥ ६ ॥

deśakālavaśātsarve hetumantaḥ pramāṇagāḥ |
akartṛbrahmaviṣayaḥ pramā kāraṇayoḥ katham || 6 ||

All things that have their causality at any time or place, are of course of the nature of their causal influence; but how can there be a similarity of anything with God who is never the cause of an effect?
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 (6.100.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Deshakala, Vasha, Sarva, Hetumat, Pramana, Brahma, Brahman, Vishaya, Prama, Karana, 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 6.100.6). 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: “deśakālavaśātsarve hetumantaḥ pramāṇagāḥ ”
deśakāla -
deśakāla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vaśāt -
vaśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

vaśa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
sarve -
sarva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [locative single]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

sarvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
hetumantaḥ -
hetumat (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
pramāṇa -
pramāṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pramāṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
gāḥ -
ga (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

gā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

go (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

√gā (verb class 2)

[injunctive active second single]

√gā (verb class 3)

[injunctive active second single]
Line 2: “akartṛbrahmaviṣayaḥ pramā kāraṇayoḥ katham ”
akartṛ -
akartṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [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]
viṣayaḥ -
viṣaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pramā -
pramā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kāraṇayoḥ -
kāraṇa (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

kāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]
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]