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 16.7

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हेयोपादेयता तावत्संसारविटपाङ्कुरः ।
स्पृहा जीवति यावद्वै निर्विचारदशास्पदम् ॥ ७ ॥

heyopādeyatā tāvatsaṃsāraviṭapāṅkuraḥ |
spṛhā jīvati yāvadvai nirvicāradaśāspadam || 7 ||

So long as desire, which is the state of lack of discrimination, remains, the sense of revulsion and attraction will remain, which is the root and branch of samsara.
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 (16.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Heyopadeya, Tan, Tavat, Samsaravitapankura, Spriha, Jivat, Yavat, Nirvicara, Dasha, Dashan, Aspada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ashtavakra Gita Verse 16.7). 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: “heyopādeyatā tāvatsaṃsāraviṭapāṅkuraḥ ”
heyopādeya -
heyopādeya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

heyopādeya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tā -
tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

tan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tāvat -
tāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tāvat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tāvat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

tāvat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
saṃsāraviṭapāṅkuraḥ -
saṃsāraviṭapāṅkura (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “spṛhā jīvati yāvadvai nirvicāradaśāspadam ”
spṛhā* -
spṛhā (noun, feminine)

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

spṛha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
jīvati -
jīvat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

jīvat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√jīv -> jīvat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √jīv class 1 verb]

√jīv -> jīvat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √jīv class 1 verb]

√jīv (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
yāvad -
yāvat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yāvat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yāvat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yāvat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vai -
√vā (verb class 1)

[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
nirvicāra -
nirvicāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nirvicāra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
daśā -
daśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

daśa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

daśan (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

daśan (noun, neuter)

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

daśā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√daṃś (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
āspadam -
āspada (noun, neuter)

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