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 7.213.11

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गुरुरुवाच ।
न विनश्यत एवेदं ततः पुत्र न विद्यते ।
नासतो विद्यते भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः ॥ ११ ॥

gururuvāca |
na vinaśyata evedaṃ tataḥ putra na vidyate |
nāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ || 11 ||

The preceptor replied:—This world, my boy, is not wholly destroyed nor does it become altogether extinct; and it is quite true that nothing ever goes to nothing, nor does anything, ever proceed from a nihility.
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 (7.213.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Guru, Vina, Shyat, Eva, Idam, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Putra, Nasat, Bhava, Satah, Sat, Sata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 7.213.11). 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: “gururuvāca ”
gurur -
guru (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: “na vinaśyata evedaṃ tataḥ putra na vidyate ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

vina (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śyata* -
√śā -> śyat (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √śā class 4 verb], [ablative single from √śā class 4 verb], [genitive single from √śā class 4 verb]

√śā -> śyat (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √śā class 4 verb], [genitive single from √śā class 4 verb]

√śā (verb class 4)

[present active third dual]
eve -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

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

evā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
tataḥ -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
putra -
putra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

putra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vidyate -
√vid (verb class 2)

[present passive third single]

√vid (verb class 6)

[present passive third single]

√vid (verb class 7)

[present passive third single]
Line 3: “nāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ ”
nāsato* -
√nās -> nāsat (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √nās class 1 verb], [ablative single from √nās class 1 verb], [genitive single from √nās class 1 verb]

√nās -> nāsat (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √nās class 1 verb], [genitive single from √nās class 1 verb]

√nās (verb class 1)

[present active third dual]
vidyate -
√vid (verb class 2)

[present passive third single]

√vid (verb class 6)

[present passive third single]

√vid (verb class 7)

[present passive third single]
bhāvo* -
bhāva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√bhā (verb class 2)

[present active first dual]
nābhāvo -
vidyate -
√vid (verb class 2)

[present passive third single]

√vid (verb class 6)

[present passive third single]

√vid (verb class 7)

[present passive third single]
sataḥ -
sataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sat (noun, masculine)

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

sat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

sata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]