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 3.11.5

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न चोत्पन्ने न च ध्वंसि यत्किलादौ न विद्यते ।
उत्पत्तिः कीदृशी तस्य नाशशब्दस्य का कथा ॥ ५ ॥

na cotpanne na ca dhvaṃsi yatkilādau na vidyate |
utpattiḥ kīdṛśī tasya nāśaśabdasya kā kathā || 5 ||

That which has no existence at all, could have neither its production before, nor can it have its dissolution afterwards. What shall I then tell you regarding its genesis or exit.
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 (3.11.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Utpanna, Dhvamsi, Dhvamsin, Dhvas, Yat, Yad, Kila, Ada, Utpatti, Kidrish, Kidrishi, Tad, Nasha, Shabda, Katha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.11.5). 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: “na cotpanne na ca dhvaṃsi yatkilādau na vidyate ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
co -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
utpanne -
utpanna (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

utpanna (noun, neuter)

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

utpannā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [adverb]

dhvaṃsī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

dhvaṃsin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

dhvaṃsin (noun, neuter)

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

dhvas (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yat -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

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

yat (noun, neuter)

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

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
kilā -
kila (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

kila (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kil (verb class 6)

[imperative active second single]
adau -
ada (noun, masculine)

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

ad (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
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 2: “utpattiḥ kīdṛśī tasya nāśaśabdasya kā kathā ”
utpattiḥ -
utpatti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kīdṛśī -
kīdṛśī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

kīdṛś (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
tasya -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
nāśa -
nāśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
śabdasya -
śabda (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
kā -
kā (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kathā -
kathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]