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 4.5

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आब्रह्मस्तम्बपर्यन्ते भूतग्रामे चतुर्विधे ।
विज्ञस्यैव हि सामर्थ्यमिच्छाऽनिच्छाविवर्जने ॥ ५ ॥

ābrahmastambaparyante bhūtagrāme caturvidhe |
vijñasyaiva hi sāmarthyamicchā'nicchāvivarjane || 5 ||

Of all four categories of beings, from Brahma down to the last clump of grass, only the man of knowledge is capable of eliminating desire and aversion.
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 (4.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Abrahmastambaparyanta, Bhutagrama, Caturvidha, Vijna, Samarthya, Aniccha, Anicchu, 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 4.5). 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: “ābrahmastambaparyante bhūtagrāme caturvidhe ”
ābrahmastambaparyante -
ābrahmastambaparyanta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ābrahmastambaparyanta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
bhūtagrāme -
bhūtagrāma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
caturvidhe -
caturvidha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

caturvidha (noun, neuter)

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

caturvidhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “vijñasyaiva hi sāmarthyamicchā'nicchāvivarjane ”
vijñasyai -
vijña (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

vijña (noun, neuter)

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

[imperfect active first dual]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
sāmarthyam -
sāmarthya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
icchā' -
anicchāvi -
aniccha (noun, masculine)

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

anicchu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

anicchu (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
ivar -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ṛja -
√ṛj (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
ne -
na (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

na (noun, neuter)

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

nā (noun, feminine)

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

ni (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

ni (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]