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 11.7

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आब्रह्मस्तम्बपर्यन्तमहमेवेति निश्चयी ।
निर्विकल्पः शुचिः शान्तः प्राप्ताप्राप्तविनिर्वृतः ॥ ७ ॥

ābrahmastambaparyantamahameveti niścayī |
nirvikalpaḥ śuciḥ śāntaḥ prāptāprāptavinirvṛtaḥ || 7 ||

Realising, “It is just me, from Brahma down to the last clump of grass”, one becomes free from uncertainty, pure, at peace and unconcerned about what has been attained or not.
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 (11.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Abrahmastambaparyanta, Aha, Asmad, Eva, Iti, Nishcayin, Nirvikalpa, Shuci, Shanta, Praptaprapta, Rita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ashtavakra Gita Verse 11.7). 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: “ābrahmastambaparyantamahameveti niścayī ”
ābrahmastambaparyantam -
ābrahmastambaparyanta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ābrahmastambaparyanta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
eve -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

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

evā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

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

[nominative single]
Line 2: “nirvikalpaḥ śuciḥ śāntaḥ prāptāprāptavinirvṛtaḥ ”
nirvikalpaḥ -
nirvikalpa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śuciḥ -
śuci (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

śuci (noun, feminine)

[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]
prāptāprāpta -
prāptāprāpta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prāptāprāpta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vini -
vi (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

vī (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
rvṛ -
ru (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ṛtaḥ -
ṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]