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 7.1

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जनक उवाच ।
मय्यनन्तमहाम्भोधौ विश्वपोत इतस्ततः ।
भ्रमति स्वान्तवातेन न ममास्त्यसहिष्णुता ॥ १ ॥

janaka uvāca |
mayyanantamahāmbhodhau viśvapota itastataḥ |
bhramati svāntavātena na mamāstyasahiṣṇutā || 1 ||

Janaka: It is in the infinite ocean of myself that the world bark wanders here and there, driven by its own inner wind. I am not upset by that.
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 (7.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Janaka, Mayi, Asmad, Ananta, Bha, Bhu, Vishvapa, Uta, Itastatah, Itastatas, Bhramat, Svanta, Vata, Mama, Asti, Astya, Asahishnuta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ashtavakra Gita Verse 7.1). 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: “mayyanantamahāmbhodhau viśvapota itastataḥ ”
mayya -
mayī (noun, feminine)

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

√may -> mayya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √may]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[locative single]
anantam -
ananta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ananta (noun, neuter)

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

anantā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ahām -
√hā (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first single], [aorist active first single]

√hā (verb class 3)

[aorist active first single]
bho -
bha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

bhā (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

bhu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

bhu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
udhau -
viśvapo -
viśvapā (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

viśvapā (noun, feminine)

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

[nominative single]

√u -> ūta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √u class 1 verb], [nominative single from √u class 2 verb], [nominative single from √u class 5 verb]

√vā -> ūta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vā class 1 verb]
itastataḥ -
itastataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

itastatas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Line 3: “bhramati svāntavātena na mamāstyasahiṣṇutā ”
bhramati -
bhramat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhramat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√bhram (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
svānta -
svānta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

svānta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vātena -
vāta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vāta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

√vā -> vāta (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √vā class 2 verb]

√vā -> vāta (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √vā class 2 verb]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mamā -
asmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive single]

mamā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√mā (verb class 2)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 3)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]

√mā (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]
astya -
asti (noun, feminine)

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

astya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

astī (noun, masculine)

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

astī (noun, feminine)

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

astī (noun, neuter)

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

√as (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
asahiṣṇutā -
asahiṣṇutā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]