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 7.103.12

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अन्यन्न संभवत्यत्र सर्गादावेव कारणम् ।
यन्नाम तदिदानीं स्यात्कथ्यतां कीदृशं कथम् ॥ १२ ॥

anyanna saṃbhavatyatra sargādāveva kāraṇam |
yannāma tadidānīṃ syātkathyatāṃ kīdṛśaṃ katham || 12 ||

There can be no other, which may be supposed as the prime cause of all, at the beginning of creation. Should there be any other that is supposed to be as such, let the doctrinaires now declare it before me.
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 (7.103.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ani, Anya, Anna, Sambhava, Tyatra, Sarga, Iva, Karana, Yannaman, Tad, Tat, Idanim, Syat, Sya, Kidrish, Kidrisha, 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 7.103.12). 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: “anyanna saṃbhavatyatra sargādāveva kāraṇam ”
anya -
ani (noun, masculine)

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

anī (noun, feminine)

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

anya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√an -> anya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √an]
anna -
anna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

anna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sambhava -
sambhava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sambhava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tyatra -
tyatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sargād -
sarga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
āve -
au (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single], [dative single]

au (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single], [dative single]

√av (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]

√u (verb class 1)

[imperfect middle first single], [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√u (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√u (verb class 5)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kāraṇam -
kāraṇa (noun, neuter)

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

kāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “yannāma tadidānīṃ syātkathyatāṃ kīdṛśaṃ katham ”
yannāma -
yannāman (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yannāman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
idānīm -
idānīm (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
syāt -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
kathyatām -
√kath (verb class 10)

[imperative passive third single]
kīdṛśam -
kīdṛśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kīdṛśā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

kīdṛś (noun, masculine)

[accusative 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]