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 18.6

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व्यामोहमात्रविरतौ स्वरूपादानमात्रतः ।
वीतशोका विराजन्ते निरावरणदृष्टयः ॥ ६ ॥

vyāmohamātraviratau svarūpādānamātrataḥ |
vītaśokā virājante nirāvaraṇadṛṣṭayaḥ || 6 ||

By the simple elimination of delusion and the recognition of one's true nature, those whose vision is unclouded live free from sorrow.
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 (18.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vyamoha, Atra, Virata, Virati, Svarupa, Anama, Rata, Vitashoka, Vira, Ajanta, Niravarana, Drishti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ashtavakra Gita Verse 18.6). 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: “vyāmohamātraviratau svarūpādānamātrataḥ ”
vyāmoham -
vyāmoha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
ātra -
ātra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
viratau -
virata (noun, masculine)

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

virati (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
svarūpād -
svarūpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

svarūpa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ānamāt -
ānama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

ānama (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
rataḥ -
rata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√ram -> rata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √ram class 1 verb]
Line 2: “vītaśokā virājante nirāvaraṇadṛṣṭayaḥ ”
vītaśokā* -
vītaśoka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vītaśokā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
virā -
vira (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vira (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

virā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ajante -
ajanta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ajanta (noun, neuter)

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

ajantā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
nirāvaraṇa -
nirāvaraṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nirāvaraṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dṛṣṭayaḥ -
dṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]