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 2.1

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जनक उवाच ।
अहो निरञ्जनः शान्तो बोधोऽहं प्रकृतेः परः ।
एतावन्तमहं कालं मोहेनैव विडम्बितः ॥ १ ॥

janaka uvāca |
aho nirañjanaḥ śānto bodho'haṃ prakṛteḥ paraḥ |
etāvantamahaṃ kālaṃ mohenaiva viḍambitaḥ || 1 ||

Janaka: Truly I am spotless and at peace, the awareness beyond natural causality. All this time I have been afflicted by delusion.
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 (2.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Janaka, Ahan, Niranjana, Shanta, Bodha, Aha, Asmad, Prakriti, Parah, Para, Etavat, Kalam, Kala, Moha, Vidambita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ashtavakra Gita Verse 2.1). 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: “janaka uvāca ”
janaka* -
janaka (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: “aho nirañjanaḥ śānto bodho'haṃ prakṛteḥ paraḥ ”
aho* -
ahan (noun, neuter)

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

ahar (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

√has (verb class 1)

[aorist active second single]
nirañjanaḥ -
nirañjana (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]
bodho' -
bodha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
prakṛteḥ -
prakṛti (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
paraḥ -
paraḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

para (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 3: “etāvantamahaṃ kālaṃ mohenaiva viḍambitaḥ ”
etāvantam -
etāvat (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
kālam -
kālam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kāla (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kāla (noun, neuter)

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

kālā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
mohenai -
moha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
viḍambitaḥ -
viḍambita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]