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 7.149.31

< Previous

Next >

पृथ्व्यादेर्घनपिण्डत्वसर्गादेः किं च कारणम् ।
किं कारणमविद्यायाः कारणं किं स्वयंभुवः ॥ ३१ ॥

pṛthvyāderghanapiṇḍatvasargādeḥ kiṃ ca kāraṇam |
kiṃ kāraṇamavidyāyāḥ kāraṇaṃ kiṃ svayaṃbhuvaḥ || 31 ||

Say what can be the cause of the solidity of the earth, and the rarity of air; what is the cause of our universal ignorance, and what is the cause of the self born Brahma.
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 (7.149.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prithvi, Adi, Ghana, Pindatva, Sarga, Kim, Karana, Avidya, Svayambhu, Svayambhuva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.149.31). 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: “pṛthvyāderghanapiṇḍatvasargādeḥ kiṃ ca kāraṇam ”
pṛthvyā -
pṛthvī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]
āder -
ādi (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

ādi (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
ghana -
ghana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ghana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
piṇḍatva -
piṇḍatva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sargād -
sarga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
eḥ -
i (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

e (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [ablative single], [genitive single]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

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

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

kāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “kiṃ kāraṇamavidyāyāḥ kāraṇaṃ kiṃ svayaṃbhuvaḥ ”
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
kāraṇam -
kāraṇa (noun, neuter)

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

kāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
avidyāyāḥ -
avidyā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
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]
svayambhuvaḥ -
svayambhū (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

svayambhuva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]