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 6.97.9

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अनिङ्गितमनाभासमप्रतर्क्यं कथं भवेत् ।
अतो न कारणं नैव बीजं ब्रह्म कदाचन ॥ ९ ॥

aniṅgitamanābhāsamapratarkyaṃ kathaṃ bhavet |
ato na kāraṇaṃ naiva bījaṃ brahma kadācana || 9 ||

The Lord can never be supposed as the seed or cause of the universe, since his nature is inscrutable and beyond our conception, and cannot be thought of as the root of anything whatever.
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 (6.97.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tamana, Apratarkya, Katham, Katha, Atah, Karana, Naiva, Bija, Brahma, Brahman, Kada, Cana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.97.9). 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: “aniṅgitamanābhāsamapratarkyaṃ kathaṃ bhavet ”
aniṅ -
√niñj (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second single], [imperfect active third single]
gi -
gī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tamanā -
tamana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
abhāsam -
√bhā (verb class 2)

[aorist active first single]

√bhās (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first single]
apratarkyam -
apratarkya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

apratarkya (noun, neuter)

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

apratarkyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
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]
bhavet -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
Line 2: “ato na kāraṇaṃ naiva bījaṃ brahma kadācana ”
ato* -
ataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kāraṇam -
kāraṇa (noun, neuter)

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

kāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
naiva -
naiva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
bījam -
bīja (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bīja (noun, neuter)

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

bījā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
brahma -
brahma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahman (noun, neuter)

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

√brahm (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
kadā -
kadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

kadā (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
cana -
cana (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

cana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√can (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]