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 2.3

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सशरीरमहो विश्वं परित्यज्य मयाऽधुना ।
कुतश्चित्कौशलादेव परमात्मा विलोक्यते ॥ ३ ॥

saśarīramaho viśvaṃ parityajya mayā'dhunā |
kutaścitkauśalādeva paramātmā vilokyate || 3 ||

So now abandoning the body and everything else, by some good fortune or other my true self becomes apparent.
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 (2.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sasharira, Ahan, Vishva, Parityajya, Adhuna, Kutah, Kuta, Cit, Kaushala, Eva, Paramatma, Vilokya, Tad, Yushmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ashtavakra Gita Verse 2.3). 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: “saśarīramaho viśvaṃ parityajya mayā'dhunā ”
saśarīram -
saśarīra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

saśarīra (noun, neuter)

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

saśarīrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
aho* -
ahan (noun, neuter)

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

ahar (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

√has (verb class 1)

[aorist active second single]
viśvam -
viśva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

viśva (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
parityajya -
parityajya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
mayā' -
adhunā -
adhunā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “kutaścitkauśalādeva paramātmā vilokyate ”
kutaś -
kutaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kutaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kuta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cit -
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]
kauśalād -
kauśala (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
paramātmā* -
paramātma (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

paramātmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vilokya -
vilokya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vilokya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
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]