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 15.15

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अयं सोऽहमयं नाहं विभागमिति संत्यज ।
सर्वमात्मेति निश्चित्य निःसंकल्पः सुखी भव ॥ १५ ॥

ayaṃ so'hamayaṃ nāhaṃ vibhāgamiti saṃtyaja |
sarvamātmeti niścitya niḥsaṃkalpaḥ sukhī bhava || 15 ||

Giving up such distinctions as “This is what I am”, and “I am not that”, recognise that “Everything is myself”, and be without distinction 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 (15.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Aya, Idam, Sah, Aha, Asmad, Naha, Vibhaga, Iti, Sat, Santya, Santi, Aja, Sarvam, Sarva, Atman, Atma, Nishcitya, Nihsankalpa, 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 15.15). 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: “ayaṃ so'hamayaṃ nāhaṃ vibhāgamiti saṃtyaja ”
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
so' -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

so (noun, feminine)

[compound]

sa (noun, masculine)

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

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
nāham -
nāha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
vibhāgam -
vibhāga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
santya -
santya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

santya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

santi (noun, feminine)

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

santi (noun, masculine)

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

santi (noun, neuter)

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

sat (noun, neuter)

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

√as (verb class 2)

[present active third plural]
aja -
aja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aja (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√aj (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
Line 2: “sarvamātmeti niścitya niḥsaṃkalpaḥ sukhī bhava ”
sarvam -
sarvam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sarva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
ātme -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

ātmā (noun, feminine)

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

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
niścitya -
niścitya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
niḥsaṅkalpaḥ -
niḥsaṅkalpa (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]