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 7.184.4

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कुन्ददन्त उवाच ।
एकस्मिन्विमले शान्ते शिवे परमकारणे ।
कथं स्वभावसंसिद्धा नानाता वास्तवी स्थिता ॥ ४ ॥

kundadanta uvāca |
ekasminvimale śānte śive paramakāraṇe |
kathaṃ svabhāvasaṃsiddhā nānātā vāstavī sthitā || 4 ||

Kundadanta rejoined:—But how do you attribute the quality of variety or multiplicity, to the purely simple and immutable nature of the Supreme soul, as you see them appertaining to the intrinsic character of everything else in nature.
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 (7.184.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kundadanta, Eka, Vimale, Vimala, Shanta, Shanti, Shiva, Shivi, Paramakarana, Katham, Katha, Svabhava, Samsiddha, Nana, Vastavi, Sthita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.184.4). 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: “kundadanta uvāca ”
kundadanta* -
kundadanta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

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

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “ekasminvimale śānte śive paramakāraṇe ”
ekasmin -
eka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

eka (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
vimale -
vimale (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

vimala (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vimala (noun, neuter)

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

vimalā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
śānte -
śānta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

śānta (noun, neuter)

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

śāntā (noun, feminine)

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

śānti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

śānti (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√śam -> śānta (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √śam class 4 verb], [locative single from √śam class 9 verb]

√śam -> śānta (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √śam class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √śam class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √śam class 4 verb], [locative single from √śam class 4 verb], [nominative dual from √śam class 9 verb], [vocative dual from √śam class 9 verb], [accusative dual from √śam class 9 verb], [locative single from √śam class 9 verb]

√śam -> śāntā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √śam class 4 verb], [vocative single from √śam class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √śam class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √śam class 4 verb], [nominative dual from √śam class 9 verb], [vocative single from √śam class 9 verb], [vocative dual from √śam class 9 verb], [accusative dual from √śam class 9 verb]
śive -
śiva (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

śiva (noun, neuter)

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

śivā (noun, feminine)

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

śivi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

śivi (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
paramakāraṇe -
paramakāraṇa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

paramakāraṇa (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
Line 3: “kathaṃ svabhāvasaṃsiddhā nānātā vāstavī sthitā ”
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]
svabhāva -
svabhāva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
saṃsiddhā* -
saṃsiddha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

saṃsiddhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
nānāt -
nāna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ā* -
a (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

o (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
vāstavī -
vāstavī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]
sthitā -
sthitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√sthā -> sthitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]