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 18.4

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भवोऽयं भावनामात्रो न किञ्चित्परमार्थतः ।
नास्त्यभावः स्वभावानां भावाभावविभाविनाम् ॥ ४ ॥

bhavo'yaṃ bhāvanāmātro na kiñcitparamārthataḥ |
nāstyabhāvaḥ svabhāvānāṃ bhāvābhāvavibhāvinām || 4 ||

This existence is just imagination. It is nothing in reality, but there is no non-being for natures that know how to distinguish being from non being.
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 (18.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhava, Bhu, Aya, Idam, Bhavana, Kincid, Kincit, Paramarthatah, Paramarthatas, Nasti, Abhava, Svabhava, Bhavabhava, Vibhavin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ashtavakra Gita Verse 18.4). 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: “bhavo'yaṃ bhāvanāmātro na kiñcitparamārthataḥ ”
bhavo' -
bhava (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

bhu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bhu (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
ayam -
aya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhāvanām -
bhāvanā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ātro -
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kiñcit -
kiñcid (noun, neuter)

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

kiñcit (noun, masculine)

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

kiñcit (noun, feminine)

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

kiñcit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
paramārthataḥ -
paramārthataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

paramārthatas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “nāstyabhāvaḥ svabhāvānāṃ bhāvābhāvavibhāvinām ”
nāstya -
nāsti (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
abhāvaḥ -
abhāva (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
svabhāvānām -
svabhāva (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
bhāvābhāva -
bhāvābhāva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhāvābhāva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vibhāvinām -
vibhāvin (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

vibhāvin (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]