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 7.149.30

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सत्यकारणका भावाः के ते श्रृणु महामते ।
कारणं किं स्वभावानां किमिहाकाशकारणम् ॥ ३० ॥

satyakāraṇakā bhāvāḥ ke te śrṛṇu mahāmate |
kāraṇaṃ kiṃ svabhāvānāṃ kimihākāśakāraṇam || 30 ||

Now hear me tell you, O great minded sage, that the one satya—Ens or Brahma is the sole cause of existences; or else what other thing is it that is the cause of all nature and this all pervading vacuum.
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 (7.149.30). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Satyaka, Ranaka, Bhava, Kah, Kim, Tad, Yushmad, Mahamata, Mahamati, Karana, Svabhava, Kimi, Han, Kashaka, Arana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.149.30). 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: “satyakāraṇakā bhāvāḥ ke te śrṛṇu mahāmate ”
satyakā -
satyakā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
raṇakā* -
raṇaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
bhāvāḥ -
bhāva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
ke -
ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

ka (noun, neuter)

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

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
Cannot analyse śrṛṇu*ma
mahāmate -
mahāmata (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

mahāmata (noun, neuter)

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

mahāmatā (noun, feminine)

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

mahāmati (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

mahāmati (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
Line 2: “kāraṇaṃ kiṃ svabhāvānāṃ kimihākāśakāraṇam ”
kāraṇam -
kāraṇa (noun, neuter)

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

kāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
svabhāvānām -
svabhāva (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
kimi -
kimi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

kimi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

kimi (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
hā -
hā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

han (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√hā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
kāśakā -
kāśaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
araṇam -
araṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

araṇa (noun, neuter)

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

araṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√raṇ (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first single]