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 1.12

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आत्मा साक्षी विभुः पूर्ण एको मुक्तश्चिदक्रियः ।
असङ्गो निःस्पृहः शान्तो भ्रमात्संसारवानिव ॥ १२ ॥

ātmā sākṣī vibhuḥ pūrṇa eko muktaścidakriyaḥ |
asaṅgo niḥspṛhaḥ śānto bhramātsaṃsāravāniva || 12 ||

Your real nature is as the one perfect, free, and actionless consciousness, the all-pervading witness - unattached to anything, desireless and at peace. It is from illusion that you seem to be involved in samsara.
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 (1.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atman, Atma, Sakshi, Sakshin, Vibhu, Purna, Eka, Mukta, Cit, Akriya, Asanga, Nihspriha, Shanta, Bhramat, Bhrama, Samsaravat, Iva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ashtavakra Gita Verse 1.12). 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: “ātmā sākṣī vibhuḥ pūrṇa eko muktaścidakriyaḥ ”
ātmā -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ātmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
sākṣī -
sākṣī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

sākṣī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

sākṣi (noun, masculine)

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

sākṣin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vibhuḥ -
vibhu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

vibhu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
pūrṇa* -
pūrṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√pṝ -> pūrṇa (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √pṝ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √pṝ class 6 verb], [nominative single from √pṝ class 9 verb]
eko* -
eka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
muktaś -
mukta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √muc class 6 verb]

√muc -> mukta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √muc class 1 verb]

√muj -> mukta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √muj class 1 verb]
cid -
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]
akriyaḥ -
akriya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√kṛ (verb class 6)

[imperfect active second single]
Line 2: “asaṅgo niḥspṛhaḥ śānto bhramātsaṃsāravāniva ”
asaṅgo* -
asaṅga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
niḥspṛhaḥ -
niḥspṛha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śānto* -
śānta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√śam -> śānta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śam class 4 verb], [nominative single from √śam class 9 verb]
bhramāt -
bhramāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

bhrama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
saṃsāravān -
saṃsāravat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]