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 3.13

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स्वभावादेव जानानो दृश्यमेतन्न किञ्चन ।
इदं ग्राह्यमिदं त्याज्यं स किं पश्यति धीरधीः ॥ १३ ॥

svabhāvādeva jānāno dṛśyametanna kiñcana |
idaṃ grāhyamidaṃ tyājyaṃ sa kiṃ paśyati dhīradhīḥ || 13 ||

How should a strong-minded person, who knows that what he sees is by its very nature nothing, consider one thing to be grasped and another to be rejected?
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 (3.13). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svabhava, Eva, Janana, Drishya, Etad, Kincana, Idam, Grahya, Tyajya, Kim, Pashyat, Dhiradhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ashtavakra Gita Verse 3.13). 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: “svabhāvādeva jānāno dṛśyametanna kiñcana ”
svabhāvād -
svabhāva (noun, masculine)

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

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
jānāno* -
jānāna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√jñā -> jānāna (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
dṛśyam -
dṛśya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dṛśya (noun, neuter)

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

dṛśyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, masculine)

[adverb from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, neuter)

[adverb from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛśyā (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √dṛś]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]

√dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √dṛś class 1 verb], [accusative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
etan -
etad (noun, masculine)

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

etad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kiñcana -
kiñcana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kiñcana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “idaṃ grāhyamidaṃ tyājyaṃ sa kiṃ paśyati dhīradhīḥ ”
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
grāhyam -
grāhya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

grāhya (noun, neuter)

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

grāhyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√grah -> grāhya (participle, masculine)

[adverb from √grah]

√grah -> grāhya (participle, neuter)

[adverb from √grah]

√grah -> grāhyā (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √grah]

√grah -> grāhya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √grah class 9 verb], [accusative single from √grah]

√grah -> grāhya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √grah class 9 verb], [accusative single from √grah class 9 verb], [nominative single from √grah], [accusative single from √grah]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
tyājyam -
tyājya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tyājya (noun, neuter)

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

tyājyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√tyaj -> tyājya (participle, masculine)

[adverb from √tyaj]

√tyaj -> tyājya (participle, neuter)

[adverb from √tyaj]

√tyaj -> tyājyā (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √tyaj]

√tyaj -> tyājya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √tyaj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √tyaj]

√tyaj -> tyājya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √tyaj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √tyaj class 1 verb], [nominative single from √tyaj], [accusative single from √tyaj]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
paśyati -
paśyat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

paśyat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
dhīradhīḥ -
dhīradhī (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

dhīradhī (noun, feminine)

[accusative plural]