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 3.2.18

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धर्मराज उवाच ।
आकाशजस्य कर्माणि मृत्यो सन्ति न कानिचित् ।
एष आकाशजो विप्रो जातः खादेव केवलात् ॥ १८ ॥

dharmarāja uvāca |
ākāśajasya karmāṇi mṛtyo santi na kānicit |
eṣa ākāśajo vipro jātaḥ khādeva kevalāt || 18 ||

Know, O Death! that this air-born seer has no acts whatever; for as he is born of empty air so his doings are all null and void.
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 (3.2.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dharmaraj, Dharmaraja, Akashaja, Karman, Mrityu, Sat, Santi, Kim, Cit, Esha, Vipra, Jatri, Jata, Kevala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.2.18). 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: “dharmarāja uvāca ”
dharmarāja* -
dharmarāj (noun, masculine)

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

dharmarāja (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: “ākāśajasya karmāṇi mṛtyo santi na kānicit ”
ākāśajasya -
ākāśaja (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ākāśaja (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
karmāṇi -
karman (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
mṛtyo -
mṛtyu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
santi -
santi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

santi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

santi (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

sat (noun, neuter)

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

√as (verb class 2)

[present active third plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kāni -
ka (noun, neuter)

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

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
cit -
cit (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

cit (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Line 3: “eṣa ākāśajo vipro jātaḥ khādeva kevalāt ”
eṣa* -
eṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ākāśajo* -
ākāśaja (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vipro* -
vipra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jātaḥ -
jātṛ (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

jāta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√jan -> jāta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 4 verb]
khādeva -
√khād (verb class 1)

[optative active first dual]
kevalāt -
kevala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

kevala (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]