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 11.5

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चिन्तया जायते दुःखं नान्यथेहेति निश्चयी ।
तया हीनः सुखी शान्तः सर्वत्र गलितस्पृहः ॥ ५ ॥

cintayā jāyate duḥkhaṃ nānyatheheti niścayī |
tayā hīnaḥ sukhī śāntaḥ sarvatra galitaspṛhaḥ || 5 ||

Realising that suffering arises from nothing other than thinking, dropping all desires one rids oneself of it, and is happy and at peace everywhere.
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 (11.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Cinta, Jayat, Duhkham, Duhkha, Atha, Iha, Iti, Nishcayin, Taya, Hina, Sukhi, Sukhin, Shanta, Sarvatra, Galita, Spriha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ashtavakra Gita Verse 11.5). 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: “cintayā jāyate duḥkhaṃ nānyatheheti niścayī ”
cintayā -
cintā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
jāyate -
√jai -> jāyat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √jai class 1 verb]

√jai -> jāyat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √jai class 1 verb]

√jai (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]

√jan (verb class 4)

[present middle third single]
duḥkham -
duḥkham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

duḥkha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

duḥkha (noun, neuter)

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

duḥkhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
nānya -
na (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
athe -
athā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ihe -
iha (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
niścayī -
niścayin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “tayā hīnaḥ sukhī śāntaḥ sarvatra galitaspṛhaḥ ”
tayā* -
taya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
hīnaḥ -
hīna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√hā -> hīna (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √hā class 1 verb], [nominative single from √hā class 3 verb]
sukhī -
sukhī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

sukhī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

sukhin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śāntaḥ -
śānta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√śam -> śānta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śam class 4 verb], [nominative single from √śam class 9 verb]
sarvatra -
sarvatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
galita -
galita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

galita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
spṛhaḥ -
spṛha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]