Ashtavakra Gita [sanskrit]

by John Richards | 1994 | 2,996 words

Ashtavakra Gita is a Sanskrit text belonging to the Advaita Vedanta school of orthodox Indian philosophy, instructing the reader in some of the core concepts. Traditionally believed to be authored by sage Ashtavakra, it is presented in the form of a dialogue between him and Janaka, king of Mithila. Alternative titles: अष्टावक्रगीता, Aṣṭāvakragītā, Astavakragita, अष्टावक्र-गीता, Aṣṭāvakra-gītā.

Verse 1.7

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एको द्रष्टाऽसि सर्वस्य मुक्तप्रायोऽसि सर्वदा ।
अयमेव हि ते बन्धो द्रष्टारं पश्यसीतरम् ॥ ७ ॥

eko draṣṭā'si sarvasya muktaprāyo'si sarvadā |
ayameva hi te bandho draṣṭāraṃ paśyasītaram || 7 ||

You are the one witness of everything, and are always totally free. The cause of your bondage is that you see the witness as something other than this.
English translation by John Richards (1994) Read online

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Eka, Asi, Sarva, Mukta, Praya, Prayas, Sarvada, Aya, Idam, Eva, Tad, Yushmad, Bandha, Drashtri, Pashya, Sita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ashtavakra Gita Verse 1.7). 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: “eko draṣṭā'si sarvasya muktaprāyo'si sarvadā ”
eko* -
eka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
draṣṭā' -
asi -
asi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

asi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

asī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[present active second single]
sarvasya -
sarva (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
mukta -
mukta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

mukta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √muc class 6 verb]

√muc -> mukta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √muc class 6 verb]

√muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √muc class 1 verb]

√muc -> mukta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √muc class 1 verb]

√muj -> mukta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √muj class 1 verb]

√muj -> mukta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √muj class 1 verb]
prāyo' -
prāyas (noun, neuter)

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

prāya (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [adverb]

asi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

asī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[present active second single]
sarvadā -
sarvadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sarvadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “ayameva hi te bandho draṣṭāraṃ paśyasītaram ”
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable particle]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
bandho* -
bandha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
draṣṭāram -
draṣṭṛ (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
paśya -
paśya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

paśya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√paś -> paśya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √paś class 10 verb]

√paś -> paśya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √paś class 10 verb]
sīta -
√sai -> sīta (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sai class 1 verb]

√sai -> sīta (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sai class 1 verb]
ram -
ra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ra (noun, neuter)

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

rā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]