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 10.3

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यत्र यत्र भवेत्तृष्णा संसारं विद्धि तत्र वै ।
प्रौढवैराग्यमाश्रित्य वीततृष्णः सुखी भव ॥ ३ ॥

yatra yatra bhavettṛṣṇā saṃsāraṃ viddhi tatra vai |
prauḍhavairāgyamāśritya vītatṛṣṇaḥ sukhī bhava || 3 ||

Wherever a desire occurs, see samsara in it. Establishing yourself in firm dispassion, be free of passion and happy.
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 (10.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yatra, Trishna, Samsara, Tatra, Praudha, Vairagya, Ashritya, Vitatrishna, Sukhi, Sukhin, Bhava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ashtavakra Gita Verse 10.3). 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: “yatra yatra bhavettṛṣṇā saṃsāraṃ viddhi tatra vai ”
yatra -
yatra (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yatra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yatra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yatra -
yatra (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yatra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yatra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhavet -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
tṛṣṇā -
tṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
saṃsāram -
saṃsāra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
viddhi -
viddhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

√vid (verb class 2)

[imperative active second single]
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vai -
√vā (verb class 1)

[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
Line 2: “prauḍhavairāgyamāśritya vītatṛṣṇaḥ sukhī bhava ”
prauḍha -
prauḍha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prauḍha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vairāgyam -
vairāgya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
āśritya -
āśritya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

āśritya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

āśritya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vītatṛṣṇaḥ -
vītatṛṣṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sukhī -
sukhī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

sukhī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

sukhin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhava -
bhava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]