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 7.37.17

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कार्यकारणताढ्यानामुक्तीनामेव कः क्रमः ।
यो हेतुः स्पन्दने वायोर्द्रवत्वे सलिलस्य च ॥ १७ ॥

kāryakāraṇatāḍhyānāmuktīnāmeva kaḥ kramaḥ |
yo hetuḥ spandane vāyordravatve salilasya ca || 17 ||

But what is [the] end of the doctrine of causation, unless it [is] to establish the cause as the primary source of all; but how can force which is the cause of ventilation, and fluidity the causal principle of liquid bodies, be accounted as the creator of wind and water?
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 (7.37.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Karyakarana, Tan, Adhya, Ukti, Eva, Kah, Krama, Yah, Hetri, Hetu, Spandana, Vayu, Dravatva, Salila,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.37.17). 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: “kāryakāraṇatāḍhyānāmuktīnāmeva kaḥ kramaḥ ”
kāryakāraṇa -
kāryakāraṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tā -
ta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tan (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
āḍhyānām -
āḍhya (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

āḍhya (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

āḍhyā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
uktīnām -
ukti (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kaḥ -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kramaḥ -
krama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “yo hetuḥ spandane vāyordravatve salilasya ca ”
yo* -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hetuḥ -
hetṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

hetu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
spandane -
spandana (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

spandana (noun, neuter)

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

spandanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
vāyor -
vāyu (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

vāyu (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
dravatve -
dravatva (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
salilasya -
salila (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

salila (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]