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 8.2

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तदा मुक्तिर्यदा चित्तं न वाञ्छति न शोचति ।
न मुञ्चति न गृह्णाति न हृष्यति न कुप्यति ॥ २ ॥

tadā muktiryadā cittaṃ na vāñchati na śocati |
na muñcati na gṛhṇāti na hṛṣyati na kupyati || 2 ||

Liberation is when the mind does not long for anything, grieve about anything, reject anything, or hold on to anything, and is not pleased about anything or displeased about anything.
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 (8.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Mukti, Yada, Yad, Citta, Vanchat, Shocat, Muncat, Hrishyat, Kupyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ashtavakra Gita Verse 8.2). 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: “tadā muktiryadā cittaṃ na vāñchati na śocati ”
tadā* -
tadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

tada (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
muktir -
mukti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
yadā -
yadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yadā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
cittam -
citta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

citta (noun, neuter)

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

cittā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√cit (verb class 2)

[imperative active second dual]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vāñchati -
√vāñch -> vāñchat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √vāñch class 1 verb]

√vāñch -> vāñchat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √vāñch class 1 verb]

√vāñch (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śocati -
√śuc -> śocat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √śuc class 1 verb]

√śuc -> śocat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √śuc class 1 verb]

√śuc (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
Line 2: “na muñcati na gṛhṇāti na hṛṣyati na kupyati ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
muñcati -
√muc -> muñcat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √muc class 6 verb]

√muc -> muñcat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √muc class 6 verb]

√muñc -> muñcat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √muñc class 1 verb]

√muñc -> muñcat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √muñc class 1 verb]

√muc (verb class 6)

[present active third single]

√muñc (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
gṛhṇāti -
√grah (verb class 9)

[present active third single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hṛṣyati -
√hṛṣ -> hṛṣyat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √hṛṣ class 4 verb]

√hṛṣ -> hṛṣyat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √hṛṣ class 4 verb]

√hṛṣ (verb class 4)

[present active third single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kupyati -
√kup -> kupyat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √kup class 4 verb]

√kup -> kupyat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √kup class 4 verb]

√kup (verb class 4)

[present active third single]