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 7.177.26

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किं ध्यातृशतलब्धस्य ध्येयस्यैकस्य कारणम् ।
किं च गन्धर्वनगरे पुरे भित्तिषु कारणम् ॥ २६ ॥

kiṃ dhyātṛśatalabdhasya dhyeyasyaikasya kāraṇam |
kiṃ ca gandharvanagare pure bhittiṣu kāraṇam || 26 ||

There be hundreds of speculative theorists, that assign as many causes to creation without agreeing in any; let them but tell the cause of the aerial castle of their imagination.
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 (7.177.26). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kim, Shata, Labdha, Dhyeya, Aika, Karana, Gandharvanagara, Pur, Pura, Puri, Bhitti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.177.26). 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: “kiṃ dhyātṛśatalabdhasya dhyeyasyaikasya kāraṇam ”
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
dhyātṛ -
dhyātṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
śata -
śata (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
labdhasya -
labdha (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

labdha (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√labh -> labdha (participle, masculine)

[genitive single from √labh class 1 verb]

√labh -> labdha (participle, neuter)

[genitive single from √labh class 1 verb]
dhyeyasyai -
dhyeya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

dhyeya (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
aikasya -
aika (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

aika (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
kāraṇam -
kāraṇa (noun, neuter)

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

kāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “kiṃ ca gandharvanagare pure bhittiṣu kāraṇam ”
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]
gandharvanagare -
gandharvanagara (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
pure -
pur (noun, feminine)

[dative single]

pura (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

pura (noun, neuter)

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

purā (noun, feminine)

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

puri (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√pur (verb class 6)

[present middle first single]
bhittiṣu -
bhitti (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]
kāraṇam -
kāraṇa (noun, neuter)

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

kāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]